Richard Trevor (30 September 17079 June 1771) was an English prelate of Welsh descent, who served as

bishop of St Davids The Bishop of St Davids is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St Davids. The succession of bishops stretches back to Saint David who in the 6th century established his seat in what is today the city of St Davids in ...

from 1744 to 1752 and

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from 1752 until his death.

Life

Trevor was born

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, the youngest surviving son of

Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor, (8 March 165819 June 1730) was a British judge and politician who was Attorney-General and later Lord Privy Seal. Biography Trevor was the second son of Sir John Trevor III. and was educated privately before e ...

and his second wife, Anne. He was educated at Bishop's Stortford, then at

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and at The Queen's College, Oxford, before becoming a fellow of All Souls in 1727. In 1731, he proceeded Master of Arts (Oxford) (MA Oxon) and was ordained. His half-brother presented him to Houghton-with- Wilton in 1731 and he became a canon of

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on 8 November 1735. Trevor was appointed Bishop of St Davids in 1744, consecrated a bishop on 1 April 1744, and elected to Durham on 9 November 1752. He was jokingly called 'St Durham' by

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and his associates due to his reputation for saintliness, and on his death he bequeathed £3,450 to charities and the poor in the areas in which he had lived. Trevor was also concerned with maintaining high standards among the clerics he appointed. Trevor was also a builder, remodelling

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, the bishop of Durham's palace, as well as his residence at Glynde Place in Sussex, where he also rebuilt the church. A statue of Bishop Trevor was placed in the Bishop's Chapel at

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in 1775 by

Joseph Nollekens Joseph Nollekens R.A. (11 August 1737 – 23 April 1823) was a sculptor from London generally considered to be the finest British sculptor of the late 18th century. Life Nollekens was born on 11 August 1737 at 28 Dean Street, Soho, London, ...

Legacy

After his death, the estate of Glynde passed to his elder brother,

Robert Hampden-Trevor, 1st Viscount Hampden Robert Hampden-Trevor, 1st Viscount Hampden (17 February 1706 – 22 August 1783) was a British diplomat at The Hague and then joint Postmaster General. Origins He was the eldest son of the second marriage of his father Thomas Trevor, 1st Baro ...

Art collection

Trevor was a supporter of the

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. This interest in Jewish causes is reflected in his purchase in 1756 of 12 paintings by the 17th-century Spanish artist Zurbarán from a series known as ''

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'', depicting the Old Testament

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and his sons. They were installed at

, a property of the Bishops of Durham, and remained in the ownership of the Church of England until 2011, when they were transferred, along with the castle, to a charitable trust backed by philanthropist Jonathan Ruffer,

Gallery

File:Richard Trevor, Lord Bishop of Durham.jpg, ''The Honourable and Reverend Richard Trevor, Lord Bishop of Durham;'' an engraving by

Joseph Collyer Joseph Collyer (14 September 1748 – 24 December 1827), also called Joseph Collyer the Younger, was a British engraver. He was an associate of the Royal Academy and portrait engraver to the British Queen Consort, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Streli ...

, modeled after a drawing by R. Hutchinson File:TrevorArms.svg, Arms of Trevor: ''Party per bend sinister ermine and ermines, a lion rampant or''

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