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
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
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.”