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He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating Bachelor in 1609.
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Brian Duppa
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He was a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1612, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1632. He became chaplain to Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset, who as his patron helped him become Dean of Christ Church. He was involved in the approval by Charles I of the manuscript of Eikon Basilike, reading it to the King in Carisbrooke Castle.
Duppa was made Bishop of Chichester (1638).
From two years later (marking the start of the Civil War) until death he lived much more quietly at Richmond, (as Bishop of Salisbury from 1641), one of the few Anglican bishops to remain in office during the English Interregnum. In 1660, on the return from exile of Charles II of England to restore the monarchy, Duppa was made bishop of Winchester, and Lord Almoner.
He died two years later. A hill and a park bear his name given mostly to sports fields: Bishop Duppas Park in Lower Halliford, Shepperton, Surrey and seemingly Duppas Hill in Waddon, Croydon, London reflecting his influence on the previously ecclesiastical property.
Two sets of Bishop Duppa"s almshouses were erected with his funds or endowed with his lands, one with original components, and one a 19th-century successor development:
Duppa"s Almshouses, Pembridge, Herefordshire
Bishop Duppa"s Almshouses, Richmond, now owned by Richmond Charities.
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Religion
Anglican