Richard Harris Barham

Three years later he became one of the priests in ordinary of the King's Chapel Royal. )
Barham was a Tory politically; yet he was a lifelong friend of the liberal Sydney Smith. Thus deprived of the power of vigorous bodily activity he became a great reader and diligent student.

Richard Harris Barham (6 December 1788 – 17 June 1845) was an English cleric of the Church of England novelist and humorous poet.