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Term ended
  
1764 (death)

Denomination
  
Died
  
1764

Predecessor
  
Elected
  
1762

Nationality
  
British

Name
  
Richard Osbaldeston

Successor
  
Consecration
  
1747

Other posts
  
Bishop of Carlisle1747–1764

Richard Osbaldeston (1691 – 1764) was a Church of England clergyman and Bishop of London from 1762 to 1764.

Life

He was born at Hunmanby in Yorkshire, a younger son of Sir Richard Osbaldeston, a prominent landowner and Member of Parliament, head of the Yorkshire branch of an old Lancashire family. His mother who died young was Elizabeth Fountayne of Melton. His grandfather William was also a Member of Parliament and his great-grandfather had been Attorney General for Ireland. He graduated MA from St John's College, Cambridge, in 1714, becoming a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was a chaplain to George II of England, and tutor to George III of England. He became Bishop of Carlisle in 1747. He was a patron of John Jortin.

References

Richard Osbaldeston Wikipedia


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