Nicholas Stratford | |
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Bishop of Chester | |
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Diocese | Chester |
In office | 1689–1707 (death) |
Predecessor | Thomas Cartwright |
Successor | Sir William Dawes |
Other post(s) | Dean of St Asaph (1674–1689) |
Personal details | |
Born | baptized | 8 September 1633
Died | 12 February 1707 Westminster | (aged 73)
Buried | Chester Cathedral |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglican |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford |
Nicholas Stratford (1633 – 12 February 1707) was an Anglican prelate. He served as Bishop of Chester from 1689 to 1707.
He was born at Hemel Hempstead,[2] graduated M.A. at Trinity College, Oxford in 1656, and was Fellow there in 1657.[3] He contributed to the royalist poetry anthology Britannia Rediviva in 1660, writing in Latin.[4] He became Dean of St Asaph in 1673.[5]
He was one of the founders of the Blue Coat School in Chester.[6][7] It closed in 1949,[8] and its premises, The Bluecoat building, is now a charity hub owned by The Chester Bluecoat Charity. He promoted good relations with the Chester nonconformist Matthew Henry, and supported the Society for the Reformation of Manners.[9][10]