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Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Feb. 17, 1810. [3rd s. of the Rev. Robert (1767), V. of Kenilworth (and Hannah, dau. of John Bird, of London). B. Nov. 22, 1790, at Kenilworth. School, Eton. While there wrote a novel, The White Nun, or the Black Bog of Dromore, which he sold for £5 to Ingalton, the local bookseller. "It was issued as by "a young gentleman of Note," the publisher explaining to the author that everyone would see that 'note' was 'Eton' spelt backwards."] ' Matric. Michs. 1810; Scholar, 1812; B.A. 1814; M.A. 1817; D.D. per Lit. Reg., 1825. Adm. ad eundem, at Oxford, 1841. The last Secretary of the Speculative Society, afterwards merged in the Union. Ord. deacon (Norwich) June 5, 1814; priest, 1817; C. of Highclere, Surrey, 1816-21. First Minister of the English Church at Geneva, 1814. Preb. of Worcester, 1822-5. V. of St Helen's, Abingdon, 1821-3. Preb. of Canterbury, 1825-7. Preb. of St Paul's, 1826-7. Dean of St Paul's, 1826-7. Bishop of Llandaff, 1826-7. Bishop of Winchester, 1827-69; resigned. Noted for his munificence. Lived latterly at Farnham Castle, Surrey. Married, Jan. 24, 1816, Jennie Fanny Barnabine, eldest dau. of J. P. Maunoir, M.D., Professor of surgery at Geneva, and had issue. Author, Sermons; edited Milton's De Doctrina Christiana. Died Aug. 15, 1874. Brother of John B. (1798) and Robert (1800). (Crockford; D.N.B.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1814 | Ordi(ordination) | Sumner, Charles Richard | / | deacon | View |
| 1814 | Ordi(ordination) | Sumner, Charles Richard | / | deacon | View |
| 1816 | Appt(Licensing) | Sumner, Charles | Highclere / | Curate | View |
| 1817 | Ordi(ordination) | Sumner, Charles | / | priest | View |
| 1817 | Ordi(letters dimissory) | Sumner, Charles | / | priest | View |
| 1821 | Appt(Institution) | Sumner, Charles Richard | Abingdon St. Helen with Radley and Drayton Chapels / | Vicar | View |
| 1822 | Vac(resignation) | Sumner, Charles Richard | Abingdon St Helen with chapels of Radley and Drayton / | Vicar | View |
| 1822 | Appt(Institution) | Sumner, Charles Richard | Worcester Cathedral / 2nd Prebendary or Canon | Prebendary | View |
| 1822 | Appt(Resignation) | Sumner, Charles Richard | Abingdon St. Helen with chapels of Radley and Drayton / | Vicar | View |
| 1825 | Appt(Institution) | Sumner, Charles Richard | Canterbury Cathedral / | Prebendary | View |
| 1825 | Vac(resignation) | Sumner, Charles Richard | Worcester Cathedral / 2nd Canonry or Prebend | Canon | View |
| 1826 | Appt(Institution) | Sumner, Charles Richard | St Paul's Cathedral / Port Poole | Prebendary | View |
| 1826 | Disp-App | Sumner, Charles Richard | Bedway / | Rector | View |
| 1826 | Appt(confirmation of election) | Sumner, Charles Richard | Llandaff / | Bishop | View |
| 1826 | Appt(consecration) | Sumner, Charles Richard | Llandaff / | Bishop | View |
| 1826 | Disp-App | Sumner, Charles Richard | London, St. Paul's Cathedral / Stagiary | canon residentiary | View |
| 1826 | Disp-App | Sumner, Charles Richard | London, St. Paul's Cathedral / Port Pool | Prebendary | View |
| 1826 | Disp-App | Sumner, Charles Richard | London, St. Paul's Cathedral / | Dean | View |
| 1826 | Disp(Dispensation) | Sumner, Charles Richard | Llandaff / | Bishop | View |
| 1826 | Vac(Promotion) | Sumner, Charles Richard | Canterbury Cathedral / | Prebendary | View |
| 1827 | Appt(confirmation) | Sumner, Charles Richard | Winchester / | Bishop | View |
| 1828 | Vac(translation) | Sumner, Charles Richard | Llandaff / | Bishop | View |
| 1828 | Vac(translation) | Sumner, Charles Richard | St Paul's Cathedral / prebend of Port Pool | Prebendary | View |