Elias Sydall (1672–1733) was an English

bishop of St David's 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 Pembrokeshire, ...

and

bishop of Gloucester The Bishop of Gloucester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Gloucester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the County of Gloucestershire and part of the County of Worcestershire. The see's centre of governan ...

Life

He was the son of a glover of

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. He matriculated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1688, graduating B.A. in 1692 and M.A. in 1695. He became D.D. in 1705. He was a Fellow of Corpus from 1696 to 1703. He became chaplain to Archbishop

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in 1702. Subsequently, he had rectories in

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

Biddenden Biddenden is a large, mostly agricultural and wooded village and civil parish in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England. The village lies on the Weald of Kent, some north of Tenterden. It was a centre for the Wealden iron industry and also of ...

(1702);

Ivychurch Ivychurch is a village and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. The village is located on the Romney Marsh, three miles (4.8 km) north-west of New Romney. The parish council consists of five members. ...

from 1705; and Great Mongeham from 1707. He was a canon of Canterbury Cathedral from 1707 to 1728 (Stall IV). He became Master of Harbledown Hospital in Kent, in 1711. He was chaplain to

George I of Great Britain George I (George Louis; ; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 and ruler of the Electorate of Hanover within the Holy Roman Empire from 23 January 1698 until his death in 1727. He was the first ...

, from 1716 to 1728. He then became

Dean of Canterbury The Dean of Canterbury is the head of the Chapter of the Cathedral of Christ Church, Canterbury, England. The current office of Dean originated after the English Reformation, although Deans had also existed before this time; its immediate precur ...

in 1728, Bishop of St David's in 1731 (consecrated bishop 11 April 1731), and was translated

Bishop of Gloucester The Bishop of Gloucester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Gloucester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the County of Gloucestershire and part of the County of Worcestershire. The see's centre of governan ...

on 2 November 1731. He died 24 December 1733 and was buried at St James, Westminster, London on 31 December 1733.''The Register of Burials in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster. 1723-1754''. 31 December 1733.

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* *Joseph Meadows Cowper (1900), ''The Lives of the Deans of Canterbury, 1541 to 1900'', p. 159. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sydall, Elias Bishops of Gloucester Bishops of St Davids Deans of Canterbury 1672 births 1733 deaths People from Biddenden 18th-century Church of England bishops 18th-century Welsh Anglican bishops Clergy from Norwich