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John Randolph (bishop of London)

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Diocese
  
Diocese of London

Name
  
John Randolph

Successor
  
Consecration
  
c. 1799

Alma mater
  

Term ended
  
1813 (death)

Died
  
July 28, 1813

Elected
  
1809

Predecessor
  
John Randolph (bishop of London) John Randolph bishop of London Wikipedia


Other posts
  
Bishop of Bangor1807–1809Bishop of Oxford1799–1807Regius Professor of Divinity1783–1807Regius Professor of Greek1782–1783Oxford Professor of Poetry1776–1782

Born
  
6 July 1749Much Hadham, Hertfordshire (
1749-07-06
)

Place of burial
  
All Saints Church, Fulham, United Kingdom

Books
  
The Clergyman's Instructor

John Randolph (6 July 1749 – 28 July 1813) was a British scholar, teacher, and cleric who rose to become Bishop of London.

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Early life and academic career

He was born in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, the son of Thomas Randolph, President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford and educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was awarded BA in 1771, MA in 1774 and BD in 1782.

He was associated with Oxford University as a resident and instructor from 1779 to 1783. In 1776 he was made Professor of Poetry, in 1782 Regius Professor of Greek and in 1783 Regius Professor of Divinity.

Episcopal career

In 1799, Randolph was named the Bishop of Oxford, and in 1807 was translated to the see of the Bishop of Bangor. He retained the post of Regius professor until his move to Bangor. Randolph was not particularly liberal. In debating the expansion of free schools, he noted that educating the poor would "...puff up their tender minds or entice them into a way of life of no benefit to the publick and ensnaring to themselves."

On 12 June 1809, he was made the Bishop of London, and ex officio a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. In December 1811, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

He died in office in 1813 and was buried in Fulham churchyard. He had married Jane, daughter of Thomas Lambard of Sevenoaks, Kent in 1785.

References

John Randolph (bishop of London) Wikipedia


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