Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Folliott Herbert Walker Cornewall NPG 5324

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by William Owen

Ordained as a priest in 1778, Cornewall was promoted rapidly and in 1797 was consecrated Bishop of Bristol. He became Bishop of Hereford, a wealthier bishopric than Bristol, in 1803. In 1805 he deputised for Richard Hurd, the elderly Bishop of Worcester, on a confirmation tour. Following Hurd's death, Cornewall was nominated to succeed him. The prime minister, William Cavendish-Bentinck, wrote to King George III that Cornewall's appointment was 'much wished for by the principal gentry as well as clergy', and that his... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.