16 Facts About Richard Pococke

Richard Pococke was an English clergyman and writer.

Richard Pococke was the Bishop of Ossory and Meath, both dioceses of the Church of Ireland.

Richard Pococke's father was the Reverend Richard Pococke and his mother was Elizabeth Milles, the daughter of Rev Isaac Milles the younger, son of Rev Isaac Milles.

Richard Pococke was distantly related to Edward Pococke, the English Orientalist and biblical scholar.

Richard Pococke returned via Italy in 1741, visiting the Alps on his way back to England by 1742.

Richard Pococke was considered one of the first Alpine travellers.

Richard Pococke was a prolific library tourist and visited libraries in Amsterdam, Vienna, and Mount Sinai.

Richard Pococke kept a record of this tour, but did not publish it.

Richard Pococke's itinerary took him in a clockwise circuit round most of Scotland, including Loch Lomond, Iona, Fort William, Inverness, the North West, Orkney, the North East, Perth, Fife and Edinburgh, finishing at Berwick on Tweed.

Richard Pococke came from a family of Anglican clergymen, his father and grandfather both being vicars.

Richard Pococke was related to the Bishop of Waterford and Lismore in Ireland, his uncle Thomas Milles.

Richard Pococke was in effect part of the Anglo-Irish social class.

Richard Pococke seemed to have enjoyed a reputation as a preacher.

Richard Pococke preached and confirmed in the English Church in Elgin, and continued to do so in every other of that persuasion which he had occasion to be near, greatly regarded and esteemed by all ranks and degrees of people.

Richard Pococke spent many of his later years in travel throughout Britain and Ireland, publishing accounts of many of his journeys.

Richard Pococke died of apoplexy during a visitation at Charleville Castle, near Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland, in 1765.