Background
He was born in Newbury, Berkshire, into an ecclesiastical family (his father was also named Rev Richard Dunford).
He was born in Newbury, Berkshire, into an ecclesiastical family (his father was also named Rev Richard Dunford).
Magdalen College; Eton College.
He was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford, and ordained in 1831. From 1833 he was Rector of Middleton, Lancashire, and then its Rural Dean. In 1867 he became Archdeacon of Manchester and in the following year Canon Residentiary at Manchester Cathedral.
In 1870 he was elevated to the Episcopate of Chichester.
He died in Basel. He has two school houses named after him, one in Eton College and one in Brighton College.