Elias Sydall


Elias Sydall was an English bishop of St David's and bishop of Gloucester.

Life

He was the son of a glover of Norwich. He matriculated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1688, graduating B.A. in 1692 and M.A. in 1695. He became D.D. in 1705. He was a Fellow of Corpus from 1696 to 1703.
He became chaplain to Archbishop Thomas Tenison in 1702. Subsequently, he had rectories in Kent: Biddenden ; Ivychurch from 1705; and Great Mongeham from 1707. He was a canon of Canterbury Cathedral from 1707 to 1728.
He became Master of Harbledown Hospital in Kent, in 1711. He was chaplain to George I of England, from 1716 to 1728. He then became Dean of Canterbury in 1728, Bishop of St David's in 1731, and was translated Bishop of Gloucester on 2 November 1731. He died 24 December 1733.