Richard Blunt (bishop)

Richard Frederick Lefevre Blunt (1833-1910), known as Frederick,[1] was the first Anglican Bishop of Hull since its abeyance in 1559; he served from 1891 until his death in 1910.

Born in 1833 and educated at Merchant Taylors' and King's College London,[2] his first post after Ordination was as a curate at St Paul, Cheltenham.

[3] After serving as vicar of Scarborough[4] and Archdeacon of the East Riding (1873–1891) he was promoted in 1891 to the episcopate as a suffragan to the Archbishop of York.

[5] He was vicar of All Saints, Hessle (near Hull) from 1905 to 1910.

He died on 23 January 1910 and is buried at St Andrew's Church, Ham.