Adam Ottley (1655 – 3 October 1723) was an English churchman,

Bishop of St David's The Bishop of St Davids is the Ordinary (officer), ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St Davids. The succession of bishops stretches back to Saint David who in the 6th century established his seat in what is today the St Davids, city of ...

from 1713 until his death.

Life

He was the son of Sir Richard Ottley of Pitchford,

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, and his wife, Lady Lettice Ridgeway, daughter of Robert Ridgeway, 2nd

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. He was baptised on 5 January 1655 at Pitchford. He matriculated at

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in 1672, graduating B.A. in 1676 and M.A. in 1679. He then became a Fellow of

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(1680–1684), and graduated D.D. in 1690. He became rector of

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, prebendary of

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, 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 James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, (6 January 16739 August 1744) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1698 until 1714, when he succeeded to the peerage as Baron Chandos, and vacated ...

. An active diocesan bishop, he came into conflict with Griffith Jones.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ottley, Adam 1653 births 1723 deaths Bishops of St Davids Archdeacons of Shropshire Fellows of Trinity Hall, Cambridge 18th-century Welsh Anglican bishops Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge