Beilby Porteus, successively Bishop of Chester and of London, was a Church of England reformer and a leading abolitionist in England. He was the first Anglican in a position of authority to seriously challenge the Church's position on slavery.
Beilby Porteus
Memorial plaque, All Saints Church, Fulham, London
Rembrandt Peale, The Court of Death was based on the poem, Death: A Poetical Essay by Beilby Porteus. The figures in the monumental painting were life-size. Death is surrounded by personifications including Despair, Fever, Consumption, Hypochondria, Apoplexy, Gout, Dropsy, Suicide, Delirium Tremens, Intemperance, Remorse, Pleasure, Pestilence, Famine, War, and Conflagration. To the right, a warrior, an orphaned infant, and a widow show some of the people afflicted. In the foreground,
The Bishop of Chester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chester in the Province of York.
Bishop of Chester