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Richard Osbaldeston
Bishop of London
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of London
Elected1762
Term ended1764 (death)
PredecessorThomas Hayter
SuccessorRichard Terrick
Other post(s)Bishop of Carlisle
1747–1764
Orders
Consecrationc. 1747
Personal details
Born1691
Died1764
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
ProfessionTutor
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge

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 Richard Osbaldeston had been Attorney General for Ireland. He graduated MA from St John's College, Cambridge, in 1714, becoming a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge.[1] 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.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "Osbaldeston, Richard (OSBN707R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography

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Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Carlisle
1747–1764
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of London
1762–1764
Succeeded by