Richard Terrick

Richard Terrick
Bishop of London
Richard Terrick (Nathaniel Dance-Holland)
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of London
Elected	1764
Term ended	1777 (death)
Predecessor	Richard Osbaldeston
Successor	Robert Lowth
Other posts	Bishop of Peterborough 1757–1764
Orders
Consecration	c. 1757
Personal details
Born	1710
Died	1777
Denomination	Anglican
Alma mater	Clare College, Cambridge

Richard Terrick (1710 – 1777) was a Church of England clergyman and bishop of London from 1764 to 1777.

Terrick graduated with a BA from Clare College, Cambridge in 1729 and an MA in 1733.^[1] He was preacher at the Rolls Chapel from 1736 to 1757, Canon of the fourth stall at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle from 1742 to 1749, and vicar of Twickenham from 1749. He became Bishop of Peterborough in 1757 through the influence of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, briefly Prime Minister. Horace Walpole, who disliked him, said he lacked ability, save "a sonorous delivery and an assiduity of backstairs address". He transferred allegiance to John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute.^[2]

See also

• List of bishops of London

Church of England Certificate of Ordination of Deacon Gideon Bostwick, A.M, of Yale College in New Haven, given at the Chapel Royal at St. James' Palace, Westminster, London, by Richard Terrick, Bishop of London, February 24, 1770.

References

1. "Terrick, Richard (TRK726R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
2. Dictionary of National Biography, article Terrick, Richard