About Edward Smallwell
Lived 1720 – 1799 (aged 78–79). Edward Smallwell was an anglican priest.
Edward Smallwell (c.1720–1799) was an English bishop of St David's and bishop of Oxford.
Life He was chaplain to George III in 1766, made canon of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1775, and obtained the degree of D.D. He was appointed in 1783 as bishop of St David's, and was then translated to Oxford in 1788. He was also rector of Batsford in Gloucestershire. He died at his palace at Cuddesdon.
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Edward Smallwell died in 1799.
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Edward Smallwell was an anglican priest.
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