Richard Terrick

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Richard Terrick
Bishop of London

Certificate of Ordination as a Deacon in the Church of England given by Terrick as Bishop of London, to Gideon Bostwick, 24 February 1770.
Church Church of England
Diocese Diocese of London
Elected 1764
Reign ended 1777 (death)
Predecessor Richard Osbaldeston
Successor Robert Lowth
Other posts Bishop of Peterborough
1757–1764
Orders
Consecration c. 1757
Personal details
Born 1710
Died 1777
Denomination Anglican
Alma mater Clare College, Cambridge

Richard Terrick (1710 – 1777) was a Church of England clergyman and bishop of London from 1764 to 1777.

Terrick graduated with a BA from Clare College, Cambridge in 1729 and an MA in 1733.[1] He was preacher at the Rolls Chapel from 1736 to 1757, and vicar of Twickenham from 1749. He became Bishop of Peterborough in 1757 through the influence of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, briefly Prime Minister. Horace Walpole, who disliked him, said he lacked ability, save "a sonorous delivery and an assiduity of backstairs address". He transferred allegiance to John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute.[2]

References

  1. ^ Terrick, Richard in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
  2. ^ Dictionary of National Biography, article Terrick, Richard

See also

Church of England titles
Preceded by
John Thomas
Bishop of Peterborough
1757–1764
Succeeded by
Robert Lamb
Preceded by
Richard Osbaldeston
Bishop of London
1764–1777
Succeeded by
Robert Lowth

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