(1766 - 1835) of Richard Durnford of Woodmansterne, Surr.; Pembroke Oxf. 1784; ord. 1789; m. Louisa Mount; rect. of Chilbolton, Hants, 1806; vic. of Goodworth Clatford 1830.
1794 - 5 [dep.Portsmouth Nov. 1793] Leghorn, Siena (2 Apr. 1794), Rome, Florence (17 Jun.), Siena (29 Aug.), Florence (27 Sep.), Leghorn (Oct. 1794), Naples (Feb. 1795), Ferrara, Venice (22 - 27 Apr.) [England autumn 1795]
Durnford made the grand tour on the death of his father, sailing from Portsmouth direct to Leghorn.1 He was in Siena in April 1794, and in Florence in June when he wrote describing the dismissal of John, Lord Hervey (see Lord Hervey); the letter reveals that Durnford had already been in Rome.2 He was again in Siena in August, dining frequently with the 4th Earl of Bristol; in September he was back in Florence.3 In October he was in Leghorn, delivering Gianetti's copy of 'il Machiavello' to Lady Bruce.4 He was then planning to sail to Naples to avoid 'the Noxious Air about Rome', and he was still in or around Naples in February 1795. He was presumably the 'Riccardo Turaford' in Ferrara and Venice in April 1795.5 He was back in England by the autumn that year, having travelled through Switzerland and Hamburg.
1. See H. Nicoll ed., Fishing Diary of the Rev. Richard Durnford, [1911], v - xi. 2. Childe-Pemberton, 2:457. 3. Ibid., 465 (letters from Siena, 29 Aug.; Florence, 27 Sep.). 4. Attingham MSS (M. Gianetti, 11 Oct. 1794). 5. ASV IS 774.