Robert James Carr, bishop of Worcester

(1774-1841)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Carr, Robert James, 1774-1841 NRA: Carr, Robert James (1774-1841) Bishop of Worcester DNB: Carr, Robert James (1774-1841), bishop of Worcester LBT ID: RoCarr1841 VIAF ID: 24028180 LOC ID: n2006051692	B/BAP: 1774 DIED: 1841-04-24
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Educated at Worcester College, Oxford, he was vicar of Brighton where he became friends with the Prince Regent; he was dean of Hereford (1820), bishop of Chichester (1824), and bishop of Worcester (1831).
REFERENCES TO Robert James Carr, bishop of Worcester: Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, 7 January 1832 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 3 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 10: The R.S.L. Found 1: ¶ 27 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1832