Richard Terrick (baptised 20 July 1710 – 31 March 1777) was a

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clergyman who served as Bishop of Peterborough 1757–1764 and

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1764–1777.

Life

Terrick was born in York, the eldest son of Samuel Terrick, rector of Wheldrake and residentiary canon of

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. He was the great-grandson of Samuel Terrick. Terrick was educated at

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, graduating BA in 1729 ( MA in 1733) and DD in 1747. Church of England Ordination 1790

He was preacher at the Rolls Chapel from 1736 to 1757,

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from 1739 to 1742, Canon of the fourth stall at

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from 1742 to 1749, and vicar of

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from 1749. He was appointed Bishop of Peterborough in 1757 through the influence of the

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, the then Prime Minister, but subsequently transferred his allegiance to the Earl of Bute. He was promoted to the bishopric of

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in 1764, also joining the Privy Council ''ex officio''. He declined the archbishopric of

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in 1776 on the grounds of ill health, dying on Easter Monday 1777.

Horace Walpole Horatio Walpole (), 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, and Whig politician. He had Strawberry Hill House built in Twi ...

, who disliked Terrick, said he lacked ability, save "a sonorous delivery and an assiduity of backstairs address". On the other hand,

Alexander Carlyle Alexander Carlyle MA DD Royal Society of Edinburgh, FRSE (26 January 172228 August 1805) was a Scotland, Scottish church leader, and autobiographer. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1770/71. Life He ...

thought him "a truly excellent man of a liberal mind and excellent good temper" and "a famous good preacher and the best reader of prayers I ever heard".

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1710 births 1777 deaths Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge Bishops of London Deans of the Chapel Royal Bishops of Peterborough Chancellors of the College of William & Mary Canons of Windsor Chaplains of the House of Commons (UK) Burials at All Saints Church, Fulham 18th-century Church of England bishops {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub