Richard Bruce Stopford

Hon. Richard Bruce Stopford MA (1774 – 12 December 1844) was a Canon of Windsor from 1812 to 1844.^[1]

Family

He was the fourth son of James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown. On 19 Nov 1800 he married Eleanor Powys,^[2] daughter of Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford and they had the following children:

• George Stopford (born 29 August 1801)^{[citation needed]}
• Eleanor Elizabeth Stopford (4 September 1802 - 12 Oct 1851)^{[citation needed]}
• Richard Henry Stopford^[3] (born 22 November 1803)
• Rev. Charles Stopford (19 January 1805 - 10 March 1864)^{[citation needed]}
• William Bruce Stopford-Sackville (1 April 1806 - 29 May 1872)^{[citation needed]}
• James Sydney Stopford (14 April 1808 - 8 July 1885)^{[citation needed]}
• Capt. Edward Stopford (20 August 1809 - 14 October 1895)^{[citation needed]}
• Lucy-Charlotte Stopford (born 16 October 1811)^{[citation needed]}
• Robert Stopford (16 April 1813 - 25 May 1878) married Matilda Caroline Birch Reynardson, on 11 Aug 1853; Ancestor of Eugen Michael Simon (1992-)^{[citation needed]}
• Harriet Jane Stopford (19 September 1816 - 13 December 1902)^{[citation needed]}

Career

He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford where he was awarded BA in 1796, MA in 1799.

He was appointed:

• Rector of Barton Seagrave 1798
• Vicar of Nuneaton 1803
• Prebendary of Bullinghope in Hereford Cathedral 1810-1844
• Chaplain to Queen Victoria

He was appointed to the sixth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1812, a position he held until 1844.