Richard Bruce Stopford
Hon. Richard Bruce Stopford MA (1774 – 12 December 1844) was a Canon of Windsor from 1812 to 1844.[1]
Family
[edit]He was the fourth son of James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown. On 19 Nov 1800 he married Eleanor Powys,[2] daughter of Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford and they had the following children:
- George Stopford (born 29 August 1801)[citation needed]
- Eleanor Elizabeth Stopford (4 September 1802 - 12 Oct 1851)[citation needed]
- Richard Henry Stopford[3] (born 22 November 1803)
- Rev. Charles Stopford (19 January 1805 - 10 March 1864)[citation needed]
- William Bruce Stopford-Sackville (1 April 1806 - 29 May 1872)[citation needed]
- James Sydney Stopford (14 April 1808 - 8 July 1885)[citation needed]
- Capt. Edward Stopford (20 August 1809 - 14 October 1895)[citation needed]
- Lucy-Charlotte Stopford (born 16 October 1811)[citation needed]
- Robert Stopford (16 April 1813 - 25 May 1878) married Matilda Caroline Birch Reynardson, on 11 Aug 1853; Ancestor of Eugen Michael Simon (1992-)[citation needed]
- Harriet Jane Stopford (19 September 1816 - 13 December 1902)[citation needed]
Career
[edit]He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford where he was awarded BA in 1796, MA in 1799.
He was appointed:
- Rector of Barton Seagrave 1798
- Vicar of Nuneaton 1803
- Prebendary of Bullinghope in Hereford Cathedral 1810–1844
- Chaplain to Queen Victoria
He was appointed to the sixth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1812, a position he held until 1844.
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
- ↑ Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. John Debrett. 1840
- ↑ For more on Richard Henry Stopford see: O'Byrne, William R. (1849). . A Naval Biographical Dictionary. London: John Murray.