John Randolph, Bishop of London

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John Randolph (1749–1813 was an English scholar, teacher, and cleric who rose to become Bishop of London.

Randolph was associated with Oxford University as a resident and instructor. In 1776 he was made Professor of Poetry and in 1783 became Regius Professor of Divinity.

In 1799, Randolph was named the Bishop of Oxford, and in 1807 was translated to the see of the Bishop of Bangor. He retained the post of Regius professor until his move to Bangor. Randolph was not particularly liberal. In debating the expansion of free schools, he noted that educating the poor would "…puff up their tender minds or entice them into a way of life of no benefit to the publick and ensnaring to themselves."

On June 12, 1809, he was made the Bishop of London, and ex officio a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. He died in office in 1813.

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