English churchman
Adam Ottley Adam Ottley (1655 – 3 October 1723) was an English churchman, Bishop of St David's from 1713 until his death.[ 1]
Life
He was the son of Sir Richard Ottley of Pitchford , Shropshire , and his wife, Lady Lettice Ridgeway, daughter of Robert Ridgeway, 2nd Earl of Londonderry . He was baptised on 5 January 1655 at Pitchford.[ 2] Trinity College, Cambridge in 1672, graduating B.A. in 1676 and M.A. in 1679. He then became a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge (1680–1684), and graduated D.D. in 1690.[ 3]
He became rector of Pontesbury , prebendary of Hereford Cathedral , and then Archdeacon of Shropshire . He was nominated to the see of St David's at the end of 1712, with support from James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos . An active diocesan bishop, he came into conflict with Griffith Jones .[ 4] [ 5]
Notes
^ Bray, Gerald (2005). Records of Convocation . Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK Rochester, NY: Boydell Press in association with the Church of England Record Society. p. 2. ISBN 9781843832270 ^ T. R. Horton (ed), The Registers of Pitchford Shropshire, 1558-1812 , Shropshire Parish Register Society, 1900, p.16 ^ "Ottley, Adam (OTLY671A)" . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge.^ Davies, J. D. "Ottley, Adam". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/63755 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) ^ "JONES, GRIFFITH (1683 - 1761), cleric and educational reformer" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales . Retrieved 4 June 2021 .
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