William Otter, bishop of Chichester

(1768-1840)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Otter, William, 1768-1840 NRA: Otter William (1768-1840) Bishop of Chichester DNB: Otter, William (1768–1840), bishop of Chichester LBT ID: WiOtter1840 VIAF ID: 2810454 LOC ID: nr00006255	B/BAP: 1768-10-23 DIED: 1840-08-20
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Educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he befriended Thomas Malthus, he was appointed by Lord Melbourne to the bishopric of Chichester in 1836. Sydney Smith described him as “a thoroughly good and amiable man, and as liberal as a bishop is permitted to be.”
REFERENCES TO William Otter, bishop of Chichester: Robert Southey to Margaret Holford Hodson, 16 November 1827 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 2 Sydney Smith to John Whishaw, 26 August 1840 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 1: ¶ 15-1 Sydney Smith to John Whishaw, 26 August 1840 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: ¶ 1 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXXI. 1827-1828 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 1840 Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840, The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Chapter XIII: 1806-40 Found 1: ¶ n1