Hon. Richard Bruce Stopford MA (1774 – 12 December 1844) was a

Canon of Windsor The Dean and Canons of Windsor are the ecclesiastical body of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Foundation The college of canons was established in 1348 by letters patent of King Edward III. It was formally constituted on the feast of S ...

from 1812 to 1844.

Family

He was the fourth son of

James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown Order of St Patrick, KP, Privy Council of Ireland, PC (Ire) (28 May 1731 – 30 March 1810), known as Viscount Stopford from 1762 to 1770, was an Anglo-Irish Peerage, peer and Tory politician who sat in the Bri ...

. On 19 Nov 1800 he married Eleanor Powys, daughter of Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford and they had the following children: *George Stopford (born 29 August 1801) *Eleanor Elizabeth Stopford (4 September 1802 - 12 Oct 1851) *Richard Henry StopfordFor more on Richard Henry Stopford see: (born 22 November 1803) *Rev. Charles Stopford (19 January 1805 - 10 March 1864) *William Bruce Stopford-Sackville (1 April 1806 - 29 May 1872) *James Sydney Stopford (14 April 1808 - 8 July 1885) *Capt. Edward Stopford (20 August 1809 - 14 October 1895) *Lucy-Charlotte Stopford (born 16 October 1811) *Robert Stopford (16 April 1813 - 25 May 1878) married Matilda Caroline Birch Reynardson, on 11 Aug 1853; Ancestor of Eugen Michael Simon (1992-) *Harriet Jane Stopford (19 September 1816 - 13 December 1902)

Career

He was educated at

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church (, the temple or house, ''wikt:aedes, ædes'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by Henry V ...

where he was awarded BA in 1796, MA in 1799. He was appointed: *Rector of Barton Seagrave 1798 *Vicar of Nuneaton 1803 *Prebendary of Bullinghope in Hereford Cathedral 1810-1844 *Chaplain to

Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in January 1901. Her reign of 63 year ...

He was appointed to the sixth stall in

St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel, formally titled The King's Free Chapel of the College of St George, Windsor Castle, at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is a Royal peculiar, Royal Peculia ...

in 1812, a position he held until 1844.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stopford, Richard Bruce 1774 births 1844 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Canons of Windsor Richard Bruce Younger sons of earls