1. Brian Duppa was an English bishop, chaplain to the royal family, Royalist and adviser to Charles I of England.
10 Facts About Brian Duppa
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Brian Duppa was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating BA in 1609.
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Brian Duppa was a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1612.
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Brian Duppa became chaplain to Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset, who as his patron helped him become Dean of Christ Church.
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Brian Duppa was chaplain to Charles I from 1634, and tutor to his two sons.
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Brian Duppa was regarded as a follower of William Laud.
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Brian Duppa was involved in the approval by Charles I of the manuscript of Eikon Basilike, reading it to the King in Carisbrooke Castle.
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In 1660, on the return from exile of Charles II of England to restore the monarchy, Duppa was briefly restored to Salisbury, but swiftly made Bishop of Winchester and Lord Almoner.
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Brian Duppa was editor of Jonsonus Virbius, a collection of memorial verses from various authors for Ben Jonson.
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Bishop Brian Duppa appears in Robert Neil's historical novel "Crown and Mitre", set in 1659.