JELF, REV. RICHARD WILLIAM (2 son of sir James Jelf of Oaklands,
Gloucester, _d._ 1842). _b._ 25 Jany. 1798; ed. at Eton and
Ch. Ch. Oxf., fellow of Oriel 1820–6, tutor 1823, B.A. 1820,
M.A. 1823, B.D. 1831, D.D. 1839; tutor to prince George of
Cumberland, afterwards king of Hanover, 1826–39; canon of Ch.
Ch. Oxf. 15 March 1830 to death; Newman and Pusey addressed to
him their respective letters on the Thirty nine articles 1841;
Bampton lecturer 1844; one of the six doctors who suspended
Pusey from preaching 1847; principal of King’s coll. London
1844–68; sub-almoner to queen Victoria 1846 to death; condemned
F. D. Maurice’s Theological essays 1853; author of Sermons 1835;
Via Media or the church of England our providential path between
Romanism and dissent 1842, 4 ed. 1842; The thirty nine articles
explained 1873; edited Bishop Jewel’s Work 8 vols. 1848. _d._ in
his residence Ch. Ch. Oxford 19 Sep. 1871. _The Eton portrait
gallery_ (1876) 197–8; _The Graphic_, _iv_ 375, 381 (1871),
_portrait_.
JELF, REV. WILLIAM EDWARD (brother of the preceding). _b._
Gloucester 3 April 1811; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A.
1833, M.A. 1836, B.D. 1844; tutor of Ch. Ch. 1836–49, censor
1841–9, junior proctor 1843–4, his strictness caused an uproar
at the Commeration of 1843 which was never excelled in Oxford;
master of the schools 1839; Whitehall preacher 1846–8; Bampton
lecturer 1857; V. of Carleton, Skipton, Yorkshire 1849–54; built
a ch. on his own property at Caerdeon near Barmouth, Wales where
he officiated 1854, ch. consecrated 1875; author of A grammar
of the Greek language 2 vols. 1842–5, 3 ed. 1861; Christianity
comprehensive and definite 1857, several editions; Supremacy
of Scripture. In a letter to Dr. Frederick Temple 1861, 2 ed.
1862; Quousque? Considerations on ritualism. By a High churchman
of the old school 1875. _d._ Hastings’ lodge, Hastings 18 Oct.