Some curious anecdotes are told of Bishop Hurd’s bad temper, the sharpness of which is sufficiently evident in his letters. Madam D’Arblay, however, says of him,—“Piety and goodness are so marked on his countenance, which is truly a fine one, that he has been named, and very justly, the ‘Beauty of Holiness.’ Indeed, in face, manner, demeanour, and conversation, he seems precisely what a bishop should be,—and what would make a looker on—were he not a bishop, and a see vacant—call out, ‘Take Dr. Hurd!—that is the man.’” George III. spoke of him as the “most naturally polite man he had ever known.”
Bishop Hurd died in 1808, at Hartlebury Castle, where he had built a library for the reception of Warburton’s books, which he left as a legacy to the see. A life of Bishop Hurd, containing some interesting selections from his correspondence, has been published by the Rev. Francis Kilvert. (London, 1860.)
[A.D. 1808-1831.] Ffolliott H. W. Cornewall, translated from Hereford.
[A.D. 1831-1841.] Robert James Carr, translated from Chichester.
[A.D. 1841-1861.] Henry Pepys.
[A.D. 1861.] Henry Philpott.
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] A volume of excellent plans and sketches, illustrative of Gloucester Cathedral, has been published by Mr. F. S. Waller, Architect to the Dean and Chapter, (London, 1856). To it we are indebted for the plan of the cathedral contained in this volume.
[2] Froucester’s Chronicle.