Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Bethell, Richard (2)
Bethell, Richard, s. Richard, of Bradford, Wilts, doctor. Wadham Coll., matric. 18 Oct., 1814, aged 14; B.A. 1818 (fellow), M.A. 1822, created D.C.L. 20 June, 1860, then attorney-general and university counsel, bar.-at-law, Middle Temple, 1823, lord chancellor 1861-5, created Baron Westbury 27 June, 1861, died 20 July, 1873. See Foster's Peerage.