Rev. Edward Legge
Rev. Edward Legge (1769-1827), Dean of Windsor and Wolverhampton, and Bishop of Oxford 1816-1827. He was the seventh son of William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth of Patshull Hall, Staffordshire.
Mezzoting ...
Rev. Frederick Cornwallis, Bishop of Lichfield & Coventry
Rev. Frederick Cornwallis (1712-1783), Archbishop of Canterbury. He was the seventh son of Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis. Born in London, he was educated at Eton College and Christ's College, ...
Rev. Henry Ryder
Rev. Henry Dudley Ryder (1777-1836), Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. He was was the fifth son of Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Baron Harrowby and younger brother of Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby of Sandon ...
Rev. John Hackett
Rev. John Hackett (1592-1670). He was Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry from 1661 until his death. He oversaw the restoration of Lichfield Cathedral after the damage caused during the Civil War. His ...
Rev. Lewis Bagot
Rev. Lewis Bagot (1740-1802) was the fifth son of Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot of Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire. He was appointed Bishop of Bristol in 1782, Bishop of Norwich in 1783 and Bishop of St ...
Rev. Norman and Choir, St. Mary's Church, Stafford,
The Rev. Norman, on the far right, with the choir of St. Mary's Church.
Rev. R. Nicholl, Ranton
The Rev. Robert Nicholl, Vicar of Ranton between 1874 and 1907, standing in the Vicarage doorway. He was born in Dumfries in 1832 and died at Ranton in 1907.
Photographer: Harry Osbourne of Woodseaves....
Rev. Ralph Brownrig
Rev. Ralph Brownrig (1592-1659), Bishop of Exeter 1642-1659, but as a Royalist spent most of his time as bishop in exile from his see. He was Prebendary of Lichfield in 1629.
Engraving by W. Faithorne....
Rev. Richard Bagot
Rev. Richard Bagot (1782-1854) was the son of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot of Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire. He was was Rector of Leigh and Blithfield and Prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral. Later ...
Rev. Richard Hurd
Rev. Richard Hurd (1720-1808), Bishop of Lichfield & Coventry 1775-1781 and Bishop of Worcester 1781-1808. He was born at Congreve, near Penkridge where his father was a farmer. He was educated at Brewood ...
Rev. Richard Hurd
Rev. Richard Hurd (1720-1808), Bishop of Lichfield & Coventry 1775-1781 and Bishop of Worcester 1781-1808. He was born at Congreve, near Penkridge where his father was a farmer. He was educated at Brewood ...
Rev. Rowan Ernest Grice-Hutchinson
Rowan Ernest Grice-Hutchinson was born in 1885 in Kensington. He undertook religious training at Lichfield Theological College prior to being appointed as curate to Armitage and Pipe Ridware parishes ...
Rev. Samuel Butler, Bishop of Lichfield & Coventry
A three-quarter length portrait of the Rev. Samuel Butler (1774-1839). He was Headmaster of Shrewsbury School and in 1836 became Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. An engraving by William Ward, ARA, ...
Rev. Samuel Langley, Checkley
A silhouette of Rev. Samuel Langley, Rector of Checkley between 1791 and 1839. He succeeded his father, also Samuel Langley, who was Rector from 1744 to 1790. His grandfather, another Samuel Langley, ...
Rev. Shapurji Edalji, Great Wyrley
George Edalji's father, Revd. Shapurji Edalji. Born in Mumbai in about 1842, Shapurji Edalji was a Parsee Indian who is believed to have been the first South Asian to be made vicar of an English parish. ...
Rev. Thomas Gisbourne
Rev. Thomas Gisbourne (1758-1846) of Yoxall was the son of John Gisbourne of Yoxall lodge, which he inherited on his father's death. He became curate of Barton under Needwood in 1783. Gisbourne was ...
Rev. Vincent Litchfield, Vicar of Broughton Church
The Reverend Vincent Litchfield (1844-1921), Vicar of St Peter's Church, Broughton between 1898 and 1921.
Rev. W.G.J Flack, St. Chad's Church, Wolverhampton
A portrait of the Rev. W.G.J. Flack, vicar of St. Chad's Church, Wolverhampton.
Born in Burnley, Lancashire in 1854, William George John Flack began his clerical career as curate of All Saints' Church, ...