Richard Beadon, bishop of Bath and Wells

(1737-1824)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Beadon, Richard, 1737-1824 DNB: Beadon, Richard (1737–1824), bishop of Bath and Wells LBT ID: RiBeado1824 VIAF ID: 19533351 LOC ID: nr91010782	B/BAP: 1737-04-15 DIED: 1824-04-21
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Educated at Blundell's School and St John's College, Cambridge, he was public orator of the university (1768-78), master of Jesus College (1781), bishop of Gloucester (1789), and bishop of Bath and Wells (1802).
REFERENCES TO Richard Beadon, bishop of Bath and Wells: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. XIII. 1780-1782 Found 1: ¶ n1 Ch. XVI. 1776-1790 Found 1: ¶ 8