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Hon. Richard Bruce Stopford MA (1774 - 12 December 1844) was a Canon of Windsor from 1812-1844[1]

Family

He was the fourth son of James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown. On 19 November 1800 he married Eleanor Powys,[2] daughter of Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford and they had the following children:

  • George Stopford (b.29 August 1801)
  • Eleanor Elizabeth Stopford (b.4 September 1802)
  • Richard Henry Stopford (b.22 November 1803)
  • Charles Stopford (b. 19 January 1805)
  • William Bruce Stopford-Sackville (b. 1 Apr 1806)
  • James Sydney Stopford (b. 14 April 1808)
  • Edward Stopford (b. 20 August 1809)
  • Lucy-Charlotte Stopford (b.16 October 1811)
  • Robert Stopford (b. 16 April 1813)
  • Harriet Jane Stopford (b. 19 September 1816)

Career

He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford where he was awarded BA in 1796, MA in 1799.

He was appointed:

  • Rector of Barton Seagrave 1798
  • Vicar of Nuneaton 1803
  • Prebendary of Bullinghope in Hereford Cathedral 1810-1844
  • Chaplain to Queen Victoria

He was appointed to the sixth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1812, a position he held until 1844.

Notes

  1. ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  2. ^ Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. John Debrett. 1840

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