Person:Beilby Porteus (1)

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Bishop Beilby Porteus, of London
b.8 May 1731 York, England
d.13 May 1809 London, England
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  1. Bishop Beilby Porteus, of London1731 - 1809
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Name[1] Bishop Beilby Porteus, of London
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 8 May 1731 York, Englandyoungest of nineteen children
Death[2] 13 May 1809 London, EnglandFulham Palace
Burial[2] Sundridge, Kent, EnglandSt. Mary's Church
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., c1915)
    1:57.

    ... (2) Elizabeth [Jennings], married Robert Porteus, of New Bottle, Gloucester county, who afterwards removed to England, where she became the mother of Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London; ...

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Beilby Porteus, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
    last accessed May 2016.

    Beilby Porteus (or Porteous; 8 May 1731 – 13 May 1809), successively Bishop of Chester and of London was a Church of England reformer and a leading abolitionist in England. He was the first Anglican in a position of authority to seriously challenge the Church's position on slavery. ...

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