Elias Sydall (1672–1733) was an English bishop of St David's and bishop of Gloucester.
Life [edit]
He was the son of a glover of Norwich. He matriculated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1688, graduating B.A. in 1692 and M.A. in 1695. He became D.D. in 1705. He was a Fellow of Corpus from 1696 to 1703.
He became chaplain to Archbishop Thomas Tenison in 1702. Subsequently he had rectories in Kent: Biddenden (1702); Ivychurch from 1705; and Great Mongeham from 1707. He was a canon of Canterbury Cathedral from 1707 to 1728 (Stall IV).[1]
He became Master of Harbledown Hospital in Kent, in 1711.[2] He was chaplain to George I of England, from 1716 to 1728. He then became Dean of Canterbury in 1728, Bishop of St David's in 1731 (consecrated bishop 11 April 1731), and was translated Bishop of Gloucester on 2 November 1731.[3] He died 24 December 1733.
References [edit]
- Venn, J.; Venn, J. A., eds. (1922–1958). "Elias Sydall". Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols) (online ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Joseph Meadows Cowper (1900), The Lives of the Deans of Canterbury, 1541 to 1900, p. 159.
- ^ British History Online: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34591
- ^ British History Online: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38234
- ^ /wiki/Bishop_of_St_David's retrieved 30 January 2010
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|---|---|---|
| Preceded by George Stanhope |
Dean of Canterbury 1728-1733 |
Succeeded by John Lynch |
| Preceded by Joseph Wilcocks |
Bishop of Gloucester 1731-1734 |
Succeeded by Martin Benson |
| Preceded by Richard Smalbroke |
Bishop of St David's 1732-1743 |
Succeeded by Nicholas Clagett |
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