Edward Chandler 1666 – 20 July 1750) was the Prince- Bishop of Durham, and resided at Durham Castle.

Life

He was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College there, graduating BA in 1686. He was incorporated at

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. Chandler was ordained priest, and appointed chaplain to William Lloyd, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (and later

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). In 1697, he became prebendary of Lichfield; became a

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(DD) in 1701, and in 1703 received the stall in Salisbury vacant by the death of Lancelot Addison. In 1706, he became prebendary of Worcester. Elected as Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, he was consecrated at Lichfield Cathedral on 17 November 1717. In 1730, he was translated to become Bishop of Durham upon the

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of his election on 21 November. He held the position of

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from 11 December 1730 to 20 July 1750. Chandler was a man of more learning than capacity. He gained some reputation by ''A Defence of Christianity from the Prophecies, &c.'' (1725), in answer to Collins’s well-known ‘Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion.’ - Collins having replied in his ‘Scheme of Liberal Prophecy.’ Chandler published in 1728 ‘A Vindication of the “Defence of Christianity.” The main point at issue was the date of the book of Daniel, in regard to which Collins had anticipated the views of some modern critics. He also published eight sermons, a ‘Chronological Dissertation.' prefixed to R. Arnald’s ‘Commentary on Ecclesiasticus ’ (17 48) ee Arnald, Richard and a short preface to Cudworth’s ‘Treatise on Immutable Morality’ when first published in 1731. Mosheim, in th
Preface to his 1733 Latin edition
of Cudworth's ''True Intellectual System of the Universe'', credits Chandler with having supplied him with a lucid account of Cudworth's life based upon published and original sources. He died, after a long illness, in London on 20 July 1750, and was buried at Farnham Royal. Chandler was accused of having given £9,000 for the see of Durham. King mentions him as one of the prelates who died ‘.’ On the other hand, it is said that he gave £50 to the living of Monkwearmouth, £200 towards a house fiat the minister of Stockton, £2,000 for the benefit of priests' widows in his diocese, and that he never sold any of his patent offices.

Family

He married Barbara, eldest daughter of Humphrey Briggs, and had by her two sons and three daughters. He was the father of Catherine Chandler, who married Wadham Wyndham, of Eversley in Hampshire.

References

Attribution

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chandler, Edward 1666 births 1750 deaths Bishops of Durham Lord-Lieutenants of Durham 18th-century Church of England bishops Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Christian clergy from Dublin (city) Apologetics 17th-century Anglican theologians 18th-century Anglican theologians