ED 250 03 01
Reference code
ED 250 03 01
Title
Papers of Richard Durnford, 1802 - 1895
Level
Sub-series
Administrative / Biographical history
Born 3 November 1802, the oldest child of Rev. Richard Durnford (son of Richard Durnford of Betchworth) and his wife Louisa (nee Mount), Richard came to Eton as a King's Scholar in 1814. Verses by him are printed in Musae Etonenses and he was also a contributor to The Etonian. In 1822 he went to Magdalen College, Oxford, and was one of the founders of the Oxford Union. After obtaining a first class degree he became a fellow of Magdalen but from 1826 -1832 acted as tutor at Eton to Lord Suffield' s son Edward Harbord and also travelled extensively on the continent. He had been ordained priest in 1830 and in 1833 Lord Suffield presented him to the living of Middleton, Lancashire, although he did not immediately take up residence.
Middleton was a rapidly growing town and he became an influential local figure, building new churches, restoring the old parish church and founding a National School as well as serving on the Board of Guardians. He became rural dean in 1848, archdeacon of Manchester in 1867 and a canon of Manchester Cathedral in 1868. In 1870 he was appointed Bishop of Chichester and consecrated on 8 May. In Chichester too he took a great interest in education at all levels, reviving the theological college, and he dealt effectively with the problems of ritualism that were convulsing the Church of England at this period.
In 1840 he married Emma, the daughter of his old Head Master Dr Keate, and they had three children, Fanny Louisa, Richard (1843 - 1934) and Walter (1847 - 1926) who became Provost of King's College, Cambridge.
Richard died 14 October 1895, his wife Emma having died in 1884.
Middleton was a rapidly growing town and he became an influential local figure, building new churches, restoring the old parish church and founding a National School as well as serving on the Board of Guardians. He became rural dean in 1848, archdeacon of Manchester in 1867 and a canon of Manchester Cathedral in 1868. In 1870 he was appointed Bishop of Chichester and consecrated on 8 May. In Chichester too he took a great interest in education at all levels, reviving the theological college, and he dealt effectively with the problems of ritualism that were convulsing the Church of England at this period.
In 1840 he married Emma, the daughter of his old Head Master Dr Keate, and they had three children, Fanny Louisa, Richard (1843 - 1934) and Walter (1847 - 1926) who became Provost of King's College, Cambridge.
Richard died 14 October 1895, his wife Emma having died in 1884.
Date
1810 - 1895
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- Richard Durnford: Letters by Richard Durnford, ED 250 03 01 01 - 034, (1810 - 1895)
- Richard Durnford: Letters to Richard Durnford, ED 250 03 01 035 - 99, (1826 - 1893)
- Richard Durnford: Latin verses, ED 250 03 01 084, ([1860s])
- Richard Durnford: Fragment of verses, ED 250 03 01 085, ([19th century])
- Richard Durnford: Poem in German, ED 250 03 01 086, ([19th century])
- Richard Durnford: Passport for Dresden, ED 250 03 01 087, (5 August 1865)
- Richard Durnford: Account of life of his mother Louisa, ED 250 03 01 088, (9 May 1864)
- Richard Durnford: Notebook: account of his bishopric, ED 250 03 01 089, (19th century)
- Richard Durnford: Notebook labelled "Durnford papers some Keate?", ED 250 03 01 090, (19th century)
- Richard Durnford: Papers on his life, ED 250 03 01 091, (1894 - 1895)
- Richard Durnford: Papers on the Hudleston family, ED 250 03 01 092, ([19th century])
- Richard Durnford: The Story of the Hudleston Crest, ED 250 03 01 093, ([19th century])