Richmond, Rev Legh

LEGH RICHMOND (1772-1827) was born in Liverpool, England. He attended Trinity College in Cambridge and received his B. A. and M. A. degrees. The young clergyman entered the ministry at the Isle of Wight. When he read Wilberforce's "Practical View of Christianity," he had a spiritual awakening, and respectfully named his son Wilberforce. On the Isle of Wight he met 'The Dairyman's Daughter, ' 'The African Servant' and 'Little Jane.' After seven years he moved to London and then to Turvey, where he wrote, "The Fathers of the English Church."