Richard Osbaldeston

The Right ReverendandRight Honourable

Richard Osbaldeston
The Right ReverendandRight Honourable; Richard Osbaldeston
Bishop of London
	Bishop Osbaldeston byThomas Hudson
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of London
Elected	1762
Term ended	1764 (death)
Predecessor	Thomas Hayter
Successor	Richard Terrick
Other post(s)	Bishop of Carlisle; 1747–1762
Orders
Consecration	c. 1747
Personal details
Born	6 January 1691
Died	15 May 1764(aged 73)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Profession	Tutor
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge

Richard Osbaldeston(6 January 1691 – 15 May 1764) was aChurch of Englandclergyman,Bishop of Carlislefrom 1747 to 1762 andBishop of Londonfrom 1762 to 1764.

Life

Osbaldeston was born atHunmanby,Yorkshireon 6 January1690/1,^[1]the second son of Sir Richard Osbaldeston and his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Fountayne ofMelton,Yorkshire.^[2]Sir Richard was the head of the Yorkshire branch of an oldLancashirefamily, son ofWilliam OsbaldestonMP,son ofSir Richard Osbaldeston,Attorney-General for Ireland (Bishop Osbaldeston's great-grandfather). Two of Bishop Osbaldeston's brothers (William and Fountayne) went on to serve as MP forScarborough,their grandfather's former constituency. Through his paternal grandmother Anne Wentworth, he was related toThomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford,Lord Deputy of Ireland, with whom the Attorney-General had been closely associated.

He was educated atBeverley Grammar School,and matriculated atSt John's College, Cambridgein 1707, graduatingB.A.1711,M.A.1714,D.D.1726. He was a Fellow ofPeterhouse, Cambridge1714–1717.^[1]

He was a chaplain to KingsGeorge IandGeorge II,and a tutor to KingGeorge III.In the church, he held the following positions:^[1]

Rector ofHinderwell,North Riding of Yorkshire, 1714–47
Vicar ofHunmanby,East Riding of Yorkshire, 1715–62
Rector ofFolkton,East Riding of Yorkshire, 1727–62
Dean of York,1728–47
Bishop of Carlisle,1747–62
Bishop of London,1762–64, andDean of the Chapel Royal

He became Bishop of Carlisle in 1747. He was mostly non-resident in Carlisle, and neglected the diocese, leavingCarlisle Cathedraland the bishop's residenceRose Castlein disarray. He was not highly regarded as a bishop, but he was translated to London in 1762, "to nobody's joy that I know of" according toRichard Hurd,while ArchbishopThomas Seckerconsidered him "in every way unequal to the situation". As Bishop of London, he objected to a plan to commemorate a former lord mayor with a statue inSt Paul's Cathedral,despite Archbishop Secker's approval, on the grounds that such monuments were not part ofChristopher Wren's design.^[2]

He was a patron ofJohn Jortin.^[3]

Notes

^^a ^b ^c"Osbaldeston, Richard (OSBN707R)".A Cambridge Alumni Database.University of Cambridge.
^^a ^bVenables, Edmund (1895)."Osbaldeston, Richard".InLee, Sidney(ed.).Dictionary of National Biography.Vol. 42. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^Concise Dictionary of National Biography

External links

Material relating to Bishop Osbaldeston at Lambeth Palace Library

Church of England titles
Preceded by Henry Finch	Dean of York 1728–1747	Succeeded by John Fountayne
Preceded by Sir George Fleming, Bt	Bishop of Carlisle 1747–1762	Succeeded by Charles Lyttelton
Preceded by Thomas Hayter	Bishop of London 1762–1764	Succeeded by Richard Terrick

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[Venn-1] "Osbaldeston, Richard (OSBN707R)".A Cambridge Alumni Database.University of Cambridge.

[DNB-2] Venables, Edmund (1895)."Osbaldeston, Richard".InLee, Sidney(ed.).Dictionary of National Biography.Vol. 42. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[3] Concise Dictionary of National Biography

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