Beilby Porteus
✓ Source-basedrisingBishop of Chester; Bishop of London (1731-1809)
United KingdomLived 1731 to 1809 · aged 78Fame44.1
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Beilby Porteus, successively Bishop of Chester and of London, was a Church of England reformer and a leading abolitionist in England. He was the first Anglican in a position of authority to seriously challenge the Church's position on slavery.
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![Arms: Azure a book Or between two mullets in chief and a saltire humetty in base Argent.[8]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Beilby_Porteus_Escutcheon.png)
Arms: Azure a book Or between two mullets in chief and a saltire humetty in base Argent.[8]
Memorial plaque, All Saints Church, Fulham, London
Rembrandt Peale, The Court of Death was based on the poem, Death: A Poetical Essay by Beilby Porteus. The figures in the monumental painting were life-size. Death is surrounded by personifications including Despair, Fever, Consumption, Hypochondria, Apoplexy, Gout, Dropsy, Suicide, Delirium Tremens, Intemperance, Remorse, Pleasure, Pestilence, Famine, War, and Conflagration. To the right, a warrior, an orphaned infant, and a widow show some of the people afflicted. In the foreground, Old Age is supported by Faith.About this person
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Lived 1731 to 1809 · aged 78
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