About Richard Durnford
Lived 1802 – 1895 (aged 92). Richard Durnford was a British anglican priest.
Richard Durnford (3 November 1802 – 14 October 1895) was the Bishop of Chichester from 1870 He became its rural dean.
In 1840 he married Emma, the daughter of his old Eton headmaster, John Keate. He had two sons, Richard Durnford Jr., former secretary of the Charity Commission, and Sir Walter Durnford.
In 1867 he became Archdeacon of Manchester and in the following year canon residentiary at Manchester Cathedral. In 1870 he was elevated to the episcopate of Chichester.
He died in Basel. His body was brought back to Chichester Cathedral for a funeral service, and then interred at Westhampnett.
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British bishop (1802-95)
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Richard Durnford was born on 3 November 1802.
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Richard Durnford died on 14 October 1895.
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Richard Durnford was an anglican priest.
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