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    Beilby Porteus (or Porteous; 8 May 1731 – 13 May 1809), successively Bishop of Chester and of London, was a Church of England reformer and a leading abolitionist...
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  • soldier and politician Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock (1849–1912), British soldier, politician, Governor of Madras Beilby Porteus or Porteous (1731–1809)...
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  • Porteus is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Beilby Porteus (1731–1809), Church of England bishop Hugh Gordon Porteus (1906–1993), art...
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  • 1980s. His great-grandfather was the Reverend Beilby Porteus Oakes, a descendant of the bishop Beilby Porteus. The family belonged to the English landed...
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    notable alumni, known as Old Riponians, including theologian Bishop Beilby Porteus, historian Bishop William Stubbs, fashion designer Bruce Oldfield and television...
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    relatively modern. The village had an Anglican chapel in 1806, built by Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London, who lived in nearby Sundridge; St Mary's church was built...
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    And A Brother?" anti-slavery medallion Henry Thornton (British) Bishop Beilby Porteus (British) Zachary Macaulay (British) David Livingstone (Scottish)...
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    as the British abolitionist movement started to emerge. In 1783, Bishop Beilby Porteus, an early proponent of abolitionism, used the occasion of the SPG's...
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    Right Reverend Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London The Right Reverend John Thomas, Bishop of Rochester James Madison was the 4th bishop consecrated for...
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    Fulham Palace was set up in Bishop Howley's Dining Room and Bishop Porteus's Library (named after Bishop Beilby Porteus, 1731–1809), in the early 19th...
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    clearly influenced by Wren and Gibbs. The new church was dedicated by Bishop Beilby Porteus in 1792. The upper galleries were added in 1822 for the children...
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    The bishop of London is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury. By custom the Bishop is also Dean of...
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    Ross POR = Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London ROB = Basil Roberts, Bishop of Singapore ROW = Francis Rowinski, Polish National Catholic bishop SCO = Charles...
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  • chosen Bampton lecturer in 1785 and appointed Whitehall preacher by Bishop Beilby Porteus in 1788. He was presented to the college rectory of Middleton Cheney...
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    submission to the slave master were instructions handed down by Beilby Porteus (then Bishop of London), who stated: "prepare a short form of public prayer...
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    The Bishop of Chester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chester in the Province of York. The diocese extends across most of the historic...
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  • marriage on his father's side and by blood on his mother's side) of Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London, about whom he wrote a biography. On his mother's side...
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  • James Imray and Mary Keith Porteous; his mother was a sister of Bishop Beilby Porteus or Porteous. In 1831 he obtained the diploma of the Royal College...
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  • may refer to: Members of the Scottish Porteous family Beilby Porteus (1731–1809), Anglich bishop, reformer and abolitionist Bradley Porteous, South African...
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    Robert Lowth (redirect from Bishop Lowth)
    Robert Lowth FRS (/laʊð/ LOWDH; 27 November 1710 – 3 November 1787) was a Bishop of the Church of England, Oxford Professor of Poetry and the author of one...
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  • 8vo, dedicated to Beilby Porteus, bishop of London. Lectures on the Epistle to the Romans, Dublin, 1806, 8vo, dedicated to Porteus. Stack also made several...
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  • Paley, Archdeacon Robert Markham, Archdeacon Robert Nares, Bishop Beilby Porteus and Bishop Samuel Horsley. The scholarly content of Bennet's letters must...
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  • again presented in 1802 after resigning it upon his collation by Bishop Beilby Porteus to St James's, Piccadilly. In 1809, he gave up Mickleham on his...
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    Porteous (c. 1695–1736), Captain of the City Guard of Edinburgh Beilby Porteus (1731–1809), Bishop of Chester, London and noted abolitionist Thomas Porteous...
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  • the Bishop of London for ordination in the Church of England and on 21 November 1802 was ordained by Bishop Beilby Porteus as a deacon. Porteus was an...
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  • letters on similar subjects to the Archbishop of Canterbury and bishops Beilby Porteus and Samuel Horsley. He published in 1797 a pamphlet entitled Reform...
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  • Thomas Morton (1564–1659), bishop. Matthew Poole (1624–1679), theologian. Beilby Porteus (1731–1809), successively Bishop of Chester and of London. Richard...
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    at marks", and small boys played football on the ice. Soon after Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London, took residence at Fulham Palace in 1788, he recorded...
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    July 1813) was a British scholar, teacher, and cleric who rose to become Bishop of London. He was born in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, the son of Thomas...
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  • Hannah More, philanthropist and writer; anti-slavery campaigner Beilby Porteus, Bishop of Chester, who also held the living of the nearby village of Hunton...
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