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William Bedford (chaplain)

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Bedford's drinking and financial pilfering also discredited him with much of the community. In 1836 he was ordered to appear before the
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on the charge of having made false returns regarding the schools in his parish. He refused to appear and was supported by Bishop
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Bedford had significant involvement in the life of the early colony. He became superintendent of schools, had a seat on the
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Bedford was ordained as a priest in 1821, and appointed as a military chaplain for Van Diemen's Land in 1822. He arrived in
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to marry them, and according to James Bickford, "gradually and sulkily the discomfited chiefs gave in."
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Arthur, however, lost confidence in Bedford when he spread false rumours about
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who in 1833 had replaced Bedford as head clergyman in the colony.
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Bedford's sincerity and devotion earned the praise of
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