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Hurd, Richard
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1720-1808
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Student and subsequent fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1744 and appointed preacher at Lincoln's Inn in 1765, archdeacon of Gloucester in 1767. Hurd became bishop of Lichfield and Coventry in 1774, and was selected in 1776 to be tutor to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. From 1781 until his death in 1808, he served as Bishop of Worcester, residing chiefly at Hartlebury Castle.
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GB-1859-SJCA-PN69