Thomas Tregenna Biddulph

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Thomas Tregenna Biddulph

1763–1838

An Anglican preacher remembered for his strong evangelical voice, he spent decades serving in Bristol and became known well beyond his parish through sermons, religious writing, and hymn texts. His life sits at the meeting point of late Georgian church life and the growing evangelical movement in England.

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Short Reasons for Communion with the Church of England

by Thomas Tregenna Biddulph

About the author

Ordained in the Church of England in the late eighteenth century, he became closely associated with St James's, Bristol, where he served for many years and built a reputation as an energetic evangelical clergyman. Contemporary and library records consistently connect him with preaching, pastoral work, and religious publishing, showing that his influence extended beyond the pulpit.

He is also remembered as a hymn writer and devotional author, part of the circle of evangelical Anglicans who used print as well as preaching to reach readers. That combination of parish ministry and published religious writing helped make him a recognizable figure in English Protestant life during the late 1700s and early 1800s.

Today, he is mainly of interest to readers of church history, hymnody, and the evangelical revival, especially those curious about Bristol's religious culture in the period. His surviving reputation rests less on public fame than on steady ministry, sermon literature, and the devotional tradition he helped sustain.