Richard Beadon

Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1802 to 1824

The Right Reverend Richard Beadon
Bishop of Bath and Wells
Richard Beadon by Lemuel Francis Abbott
Diocese	Diocese of Bath and Wells
In office	1802–1824
Predecessor	Charles Moss
Successor	George Henry Law
Other post(s)	Bishop of Gloucester (1789–1802)
Personal details
Born	(1737-04-15)15 April 1737
Died	21 April 1824(1824-04-21) (aged 87)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Education	Blundell's School
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge

Richard Beadon (15 April 1737 – 21 April 1824) was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge 1781–1789 and later Vice-Chancellor of the University, Bishop of Gloucester and Bishop of Bath and Wells.

Life

Beadon was born at Pinkworthy in Devon, son of the Rev. Robert Beadon, Rector of Oakford. He was educated at Blundell's School and admitted to St John's College, Cambridge in 1754. He was eighth Wrangler and Senior Chancellor's Medallist in 1758.^[1]

He married Rachel, granddaughter of Bishop Gooch, of Ely, and had one son, Richard. He was also the uncle of Frederick Beadon.

It is said he was admirable both as Master and Vice-Chancellor, and a very handsome man. His portrait survives in the College.

Career

Fellow and Tutor of St. John's
Archdeacon of London, 1775–1789
Master of Jesus College, 1781–1789
Tutor to Prince Frederick William, afterwards Duke of Gloucester
Bishop of Gloucester, 1789–1802
Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1802–1824

References

^ "Beadon, Richard (BDN754R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

List of Masters, Jesus College website, Extracted April 24, 2009

Academic offices
Preceded by William Barford	Cambridge University Orator 1768–1778	Succeeded by William Pearce
Preceded by Lynford Caryl	Master of Jesus College, Cambridge 1781–1789	Succeeded by William Pearce
Church of England titles
Preceded by Samuel Hallifax	Bishop of Gloucester 1789–1802	Succeeded by George Huntingford
Preceded by Charles Moss	Bishop of Bath and Wells 1802–1824	Succeeded by George Henry Law

Bishops of Gloucester and of Gloucester and Bristol

Gloucester (1541)

John Wakeman
John Hooper
See dissolved, 1552 & re-erected, 1554
James Brooks
Richard Cheyney
John Bullingham
Godfrey Goldsborough
Thomas Ravis
Henry Parry
Giles Thomson
Miles Smith
Godfrey Goodman
Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth)
William Nicholson
John Pritchett
Robert Frampton
Edward Fowler
Richard Willis
Joseph Wilcocks
Elias Sydall
Martin Benson
James Johnson
William Warburton
James Yorke
Samuel Hallifax
Richard Beadon
George Huntingford
Henry Ryder
Christopher Bethell
James Henry Monk

Gloucester and Bristol

Gloucester (1897)

Charles Ellicott
Edgar Gibson
Arthur Headlam
Clifford Woodward
Wilfred Askwith
Basil Guy
John Yates
Peter Ball
David Bentley
Michael Perham
Martyn Snow (acting)
Rachel Treweek

Bishops of Bath and Wells

previous titles

Wells	Athelm Wulfhelm Alphege Wulfhelm II Byrhthelm Cyneweard of Glastonbury Sigar Ælfwine Lyfing Aethelwine Brihtwine Aethelwine Brihtwine Merewith Dudoc Gisa John of Tours (became Bishop of Bath) see removed to Bath
Bath	John of Tours (previously Bishop of Wells) Godfrey Robert Reginald fitz Jocelin Savaric FitzGeldewin (became Bishop of Bath and Glastonbury) see de jure removed to Glastonbury
Bath & Glastonbury	Savaric FitzGeldewin (previously Bishop of Bath) Jocelin of Wells (became Bishop of Bath) Glastonbury claim abandoned
Bath	Jocelin of Wells (previously Bishop of Bath and Glastonbury) Roger of Salisbury (became Bishop of Bath and Wells) see became Bath and Wells

Medieval

see renamed from Bath
Roger of Salisbury (previously Bishop of Bath)
William of Bitton
Walter Giffard
William of Bitton (nephew)
Robert Burnell
William of March
Walter Haselshaw
John Droxford
Ralph of Shrewsbury
John Barnet
John Harewell
Walter Skirlaw
Ralph Ergham
Richard Clifford
Henry Bowet
Nicholas Bubwith
John Stafford
Thomas Beckington
Robert Stillington
Richard Foxe
Oliver King

Early modern

Adriano Castellesi
Thomas Wolsey
John Clerk
William Knight
William Barlow
Gilbert Bourne
Gilbert Berkeley
Thomas Godwin
John Still
James Montague
Arthur Lake
William Laud
Leonard Mawe
Walter Curle
William Piers
Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth)
William Piers
Robert Creighton
Peter Mews
Thomas Ken
Richard Kidder
George Hooper
John Wynne
Edward Willes
Charles Moss

Late modern

Richard Beadon
George Henry Law
Richard Bagot
Robert Eden
Lord Arthur Hervey
George Kennion
Basil Wynne Willson
Francis Underhill
William Wand
Harold Bradfield
Edward Henderson
John Bickersteth
George Carey
Jim Thompson
Peter Price
Peter Maurice (acting diocesan)
Peter Hancock
Ruth Worsley (acting diocesan)
Michael Beasley

v t e Archdeacons of London and of Charing Cross
High Medieval	Edward Reinger William de Beaumis Hugh de Mareni Nicholas Peter de Waltham Alard de Burnham Peter of Blois Walter Gilbert de Plesseto William of Sainte-Mère-Église Geoffrey de Lucy William de Rising Peter de Newport John Chishull William Passemer Geoffrey de Mortuo Mari Richard Swinefield Robert de Ros Richard de Gravesend
Late Medieval	John de Bedford John de Sancto Claro Peter de Dene Bego de Cavomonte Reginald de Sancto Albano Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord Richard de Aston Pontius de Podio Barzaco Itherius de Concoreto Edmund Howard John of Thoresby Richard Kilvington Peter Cardinal du Cros James de Beaufort John Barnet Fortanerius Vassalli, Patriarch of Grado Adam de Hertington Thomas Baketon Thomas Stowe Reginald Kentwood John Snell Richard Moresby William Fallan Richard Martyn John de Gigliis John Forster Pedro de Ayala William Horsey John Young, suffragan bishop Geoffrey Wharton William Cliffe Thomas Bedyll Richard Gwent
Early modern	Edward Moylle John Wymmesley John Harpsfield John Mullins Theophilus Aylmer Thomas Paske John Dolben Thomas Lamplugh Edward Stillingfleet Thomas Tenison William Stanley Robert Tyrwhit Edward Cobden John Jortin Anthony Hamilton Richard Beadon William Bingham Joseph Pott William Hale
Late modern	Piers Claughton Edwin Gifford William Sinclair Ernest Holmes Ernest Sharpe Oswin Gibbs-Smith George Appleton Martin Sullivan Sam Woodhouse Frank Harvey George Cassidy Peter Delaney David Meara Nick Mercer Luke Miller
Charing Cross	John Klyberg Bill Jacob Rosemary Lain-Priestley, Archdeacon for the Two Cities Adam Atkinson Katherine Hedderly (announced)

v t e Masters of Jesus College, Cambridge
William Chubbes Thomas Alcock William Capon John Reston Edmund Pierpoint John Fuller Thomas Redman Edward Gascoyne John Lakin John Bell John Duport Roger Andrewes William Beale Richard Sterne Thomas Young John Worthington Richard Sterne John Pearson Joseph Beaumont Edmund Boldero Humphrey Gower William Saywell Charles Ashton Philip Yonge Lynford Caryl Richard Beadon William Pearce William French George Corrie Henry Morgan Arthur Gray Wynfrid Duckworth E. M. W. Tillyard Denys Page Alan Cottrell Colin Renfrew David Crighton Robert Mair Ian H. White Sonita Alleyne

Masters of Jesus College, Cambridge

William Chubbes
Thomas Alcock
William Capon
John Reston
Edmund Pierpoint
John Fuller
Thomas Redman
Edward Gascoyne
John Lakin
John Bell
John Duport
Roger Andrewes
William Beale
Richard Sterne
Thomas Young
John Worthington
Richard Sterne
John Pearson
Joseph Beaumont
Edmund Boldero
Humphrey Gower
William Saywell
Charles Ashton
Philip Yonge
Lynford Caryl
Richard Beadon
William Pearce
William French
George Corrie
Henry Morgan
Arthur Gray
Wynfrid Duckworth
E. M. W. Tillyard
Denys Page
Alan Cottrell
Colin Renfrew
David Crighton
Robert Mair
Ian H. White
Sonita Alleyne

v t e Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
15th century	Thomas Ashwell Henry Stockton Nicholas de Swaffham Nicholas Gay William Millington John Roclyffe Thomas Stoyle William Uttyng William Smyth Edmund Conisborough Thomas Stoyle William Towne Thomas Tuppin John Riplingham John Camberton William Rawson William Stockdale John Dolman Henry Rudd John Smith John Smith Henry Babington
16th century	John Fisher Humphrey Fitzwilliam Geoffrey Knight John Smith Richard Burton John Eccleston William Robson William Buckenham Thomas Thompson John Fawne John Eccleston Robert Dowsing Edmund Natares John Watson Edmund Natares Thomas Stackhouse John Edmunds Thomas Green Henry Bullock Edmund Natares John Edmunds William Buckmaster John Watson Simon Haynes John Crayford Francis Mallet George Day William Buckmaster John Edmunds Francis Mallet Richard Standish John Edmunds Richard Standish John Edmunds Sir Thomas Smith John Madew Matthew Parker John Madew William Bill Matthew Parker Walter Haddon John Madew Andrew Perne Edward Hawford Edwin Sandys John Young William Glyn Cuthbert Scott Andrew Perne John Pory Robert Brassey Edmund Cosyn Andrew Perne Henry Harvey Philip Baker Francis Newton Edward Hawford Robert Beaumont John Stokes Robert Beaumont Roger Kelke Richard Longworth John Young John May John Whitgift Roger Kelke Thomas Byng John Whitgift Andrew Perne John Still Roger Goad Richard Howland Thomas Byng John Hatcher Andrew Perne William Fulke John Bell Richard Howland Robert Norgate Humphrey Tindall John Copcot Thomas Legge Thomas Nevile Thomas Preston Robert Some Thomas Legge John Still John Duport Roger Goad John Jegon Robert Some John Jegon
17th century	John Duport William Smith John Cowell Richard Clayton Samuel Harsnett Roger Goad Thomas Jegon John Duport Fogge Newton Barnabas Gooch (or Goche) Valentine Cary Clement Corbet Samuel Harsnett Owen Gwyn John Hills John Richardson William Branthwaite John Gostlin Robert Scott Samuel Ward Leonard Mawe Jerome Beale Thomas Paske John Mansell John Gostlin Henry Smyth Thomas Bainbridge Matthew Wren Henry Butts Thomas Comber Benjamin Lany Richard Love William Beale Henry Smyth Thomas Comber Ralph Brownrigg John Cosin Richard Holdsworth Ralph Brownrigg Thomas Hill John Arrowsmith Anthony Tuckney Thomas Horton Benjamin Whichcote Samuel Bolton Richard Minshull Lazarus Seaman John Lightfoot Theophilus Dillingham John Worthington John Bond William Dillingham Henry Ferne Henry Ferne Edward Rainbowe William Dillingham James Fleetwood Anthony Sparrow Francis Wilford John Howorth James Fleetwood Edmund Boldero James Duport John Breton Robert Mapletoft William Wells John Spencer Edmund Boldero Isaac Barrow Sir Thomas Page Thomas Holbech Francis Turner John Eachard Humphrey Gower Nathaniel Coga John Copleston Henry James Samuel Blyth William Saywell John Peachell John Balderston John Montagu John Covel James Johnson Charles Roderick Gabriel Quadring George Oxenden William Stanley Thomas Browne John Eachard Henry James Sir William Dawes Thomas Green Richard Bentley
18th century	Thomas Richardson Charles Ashton George Bramston Sir John Ellys Bardsey Fisher John Balderston Edward Lany John Covel Charles Roderick Nathaniel Lloyd Gabriel Quadring John Adams Thomas Green Thomas Sherlock Daniel Waterland William Grigg Sir Thomas Gooch Thomas Crosse Andrew Snape William Savage John Davies Joseph Craven Robert Lambert John Frankland Robert Lambert Matthias Mawson Charles Morgan Roger Long William Towers John Adams John Wilcox William Richardson John Whalley Edward Hubbard Sir Edward Simpson William Sedgwick Robert Smith William George Kenrick Prescot George Rooke Edmund Castle Francis Parris Thomas Chapman Edmund Keene John Wilcox Philip Yonge Hugh Thomas Edmund Law John Sumner John Green Lynford Caryl Sir James Burrough George Sandby Robert Plumptre Peter Godard William Elliston John Barnardiston William Samuel Powell John Smith Sir James Marriott John Hinchliffe William Richardson John Sumner James Brown William Cooke Lynford Caryl Hon. Barton Wallop Richard Farmer John Chevallier Hugh Thomas Robert Plumptre William Colman Lowther Yates John Barker Richard Beadon John Torkington Peter Peckard Joseph Turner Sir James Marriott William Elliston Richard Farmer Francis Barnes William Pearce William Craven Thomas Postlethwaite Isaac Milner William Colman Lowther Yates Philip Douglas Richard Fisher Belward Robert Cory Humphrey Sumner William Lort Mansel William Gretton
19th century	Joseph Proctor Humphrey Sumner Martin Davy John Torkington Joseph Turner William Pearce Francis Barnes Edward Pearson Isaac Milner Philip Douglas Thomas Browne John Davie Robert Cory William Chafy George Thackeray John Kaye James Wood William Webb George Neville William Frere Christopher Wordsworth William French Henry Godfrey John Lamb Thomas Le Blanc Joseph Proctor Christopher Wordsworth Martin Davy Gilbert Ainslie William Chafy George Thackeray John Graham William Webb Joshua King William French George Archdall Gilbert Ainslie Thomas Worsley William Hodgson Ralph Tatham John Graham George Archdall William Whewell William Hodgson Robert Phelps Ralph Tatham Henry Philpott Robert Phelps Henry Wilkinson Cookson James Cartmell George Corrie Richard Okes James Pulling Thomas Geldart Edwin Guest William Whewell Henry Philpott William Henry Bateson Latimer Neville George Phillips Edward Atkinson Henry Wilkinson Cookson James Cartmell William Hepworth Thompson Edward Atkinson John Power Henry Wilkinson Cookson Samuel Phear Edward Atkinson John Power Edward Perowne James Porter Norman Macleod Ferrers Charles Swainson Charles Taylor Charles Edward Searle Henry Montagu Butler John Peile Augustus Austen Leigh Charles Smith Alexander Hill William Chawner
20th century	Adolphus Ward Frederic Chase Edward Beck Ernest Stewart Roberts Arthur James Mason Robert Forsyth Scott Stuart Alexander Donaldson M. R. James Thomas Fitzpatrick Arthur Shipley Peter Giles Edmund Pearce Albert Seward George Weekes Thomas Fitzpatrick Allen Beville Ramsay Will Spens J. F. Cameron Godfrey Wilson Henry Roy Dean Ernest Alfred Benians John Archibald Venn Thomas Hele Henry Thirkill Charles E. Raven Sydney Castle Roberts Sir Lionel Whitby Henry Willink Brian Downs Edgar Adrian Herbert Butterfield Ivor Jennings John Boys Smith Arthur Armitage Eric Ashby Owen Chadwick William Alexander Deer Jack Linnett Rosemary Murray Alan Cottrell Peter Swinnerton-Dyer Harry Hinsley John Butterfield Richard Adrian, 2nd Baron Adrian Michael McCrum
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