Lord James Beauclerk

The Right Reverend Lord James Beauclerk
Bishop of Hereford

Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Hereford
In office	1746–1787
Predecessor	Henry Egerton
Successor	John Harley
Personal details
Born	c. 1709
Died	(1787-10-20)20 October 1787
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans Lady Diana de Vere
Education	Abingdon School
Alma mater	The Queen's College, Oxford

Styles of Lord James Beauclerk

Reference style	The Right Reverend
Spoken style	My Lord
Religious style	Bishop

Lord James Beauclerk (c. 1709 – 20 October 1787) was an Anglican clergyman who served as the Bishop of Hereford from 1746 to 1787.

Education

He was the eighth son of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans and Lady Diana de Vere.^[1] He was educated John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon (now Abingdon School)^[2] and later at The Queen's College, Oxford, graduating B.A., 1730, M.A., 1733, B.D. and D.D. by diploma, 2 July 1744.

James was a canon of St George's Chapel, Windsor when he was nominated bishop of the Diocese of Hereford on 8 April 1746.^[1]^[4] His consecration took place on 11 May 1746.^[4]

He was a Steward of the OA Club in 1745.^[5] He died unmarried on 20 October 1787, aged about 78.^[1]^[4]

Ancestors of Lord James Beauclerk

10. Thomas Gwyn

11. Ellen

1. Lord James Beauclerk

24. Hugh de Vere

25. Eleanor Walsh

13. Beatrix van Hemmend

14. George Kirke

7. Diana Kirke

15. Mary Townshend

^ ^a ^b ^c "Rt. Rev. Lord James Beauclerk". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
^ Preston, Arthur Edwin (1929). St.Nicholas Abingdon and Other Papers, pre isbn. Oxford University Press. p. 354.
^ "Index of {court] officers-B" (PDF). Retrieved 18 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 252. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
^ "Stewards of the OA Club". Abingdon School.