A letter dated 29 April 1802 from Warden Huntingford
to the 'Heralds Office' enquiring about his coat of arms on his imminent promition to the see of Gloucester. A copy of the Herald's reply is written on the back of the letter. The seal appended is the anaproved arms which were the subject of the correspondence.
George Isaac Huntingford (1748 - 1832) was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, where he became a fellow in 1770. After a spell as Curate of Compton, he returned to Winchester as a Master and became Warden in 1780, holding the post until his death in 1832. As a result of his friendship with the Prime Minister Henry Addington, who had been a pupil of his at Winchester, he became Bishop of Gloucester in 1802, moving to the see of Hereford in 1815. Throughout these years, however, he continued to live in the comfortable Warden's lodgings at Winchester. He also wrote the book An Introduction to the Writing of Greek, in two parts: for the use of Winchester College, Oxford University Press, 1800. A seventh edition of this dating to 1806 is available in the Books section of this website.
