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John Randolph (6

July 1749 – 28 July 1813) was a British scholar, teacher, and cleric who rose to

become Bishop of London. He was

born in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, the son of Thomas Randolph, President

of Corpus Christi College,

Oxford and educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. He

was awarded BA in 1771, MA in 1774 and BD in 1782. He was associated with Oxford University as

a resident and instructor from 1779 to 1783. In 1776 he was made Professor of Poetry, in

1782 Regius Professor of Greek and

in 1783 Regius Professor of

Divinity. In 1799, Randolph was named the Bishop of Oxford, and in 1807 was translated to the see of

the Bishop of Bangor. He retained

the post of Regius professor until his move to Bangor. Randolph was not particularly liberal. In debating the

expansion of free schools, he noted that educating the poor would "...puff

up their tender minds or entice them into a way of life of no benefit to the

publick and ensnaring to themselves. On 12 June 1809, he was made the Bishop of London, and ex officio a member of

the Privy

Council of the United Kingdom. In December 1811, he was elected

a Fellow of the Royal

Society. He died in office in 1813 and was buried in Fulham

churchyard. He had married Jane, daughter of Thomas Lambard of Sevenoaks, Kent

in 1785; they had six children.