Edward Smallwell (c.1720–1799) was an

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and

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Life

He was chaplain to

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in 1766, made canon of

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, in 1775, and obtained the degree of D.D. He was appointed in 1783 as bishop of

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, and was then translated to

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in 1788.Joyce M. Horn
Bishops
''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: volume 8: Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough dioceses'', 1996, pp. 75–80. He was also rector of

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. He died at his palace at

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References

Bibliography

* John Britton (1821), ''The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Oxford'', p. 32. {{DEFAULTSORT:Smallwell, Edward 1720 births 1799 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Bishops of St Davids Bishops of Oxford 18th-century Welsh Anglican bishops 18th-century Church of England bishops