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English: Edale, Church of Holy & Undivided Trinity, stained glass windows in memory of Rev. Francis Beresford Champion (d.1931), Vicar of Edale 1881-91, during which time the Church of Holy & Undivided Trinity, Edale, was rebuilt, as is inscribed on the stained glass windows (showing St Paul and St Barnabus) erected in his memory in that church. Rev. Francis Beresford Champion married Annie Maud Aldrich (d.1940), a daughter of Pelham Aldrich, MRCS (Burke, 1937). See also St Peter's Church, Riddlesworth, Norfolk, mural monument to his eldest brother William Needham Longden Champion (1850-post 1937) of Riddlesworth Hall and of Edale in Derbyshire, who married Constance Sarah Bentley (1856-1918) (see her mural monument in Riddlesworth Church), a daughter of Robert John Bentley (1822-1890), JP, DL, of Eastwood House, Rotherham, Yorkshire (later of Finningley Park near Doncaster and West House, Rotherham), a brewer and proprietor of Bentley's Brewery, founded by his grand-father Timothy Bentley. In September 1875 R.J. Bentley was pronounced "a person of unsound mind" and some time later committed to an asylum, Moorcroft House, Hillingdon near London. ([1]). Kelly's Directory of Norfolk 1933[2]: Riddlesworth Hall, a fine mansion of white brick with stone dressings in the Italian style, standing in a well-wooded park of 176 acres, was destroyed by fire in 1898, but rebuilt in 1900 in the Classic style, from designs by Mr. H. Green, of Norwich, and is the property and residence of William Needham Longden Champion Esq. J.P. lord of the manor and sole landowner. Arms of Champion of Riddlesworth, Norfolk, as seen here: Per saltire argent and or, three mullets in fess between as many trefoils slipped sable ( Burke, John, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions or High Official Rank; but Uninvested with Heritable Honours, London, 1836, p.384; not listed in Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.183, which does however list other Champion arms with three trefoils slipped). Also shown in the glass at Edale is the coat of arms of Jesus College, Cambridge, at which Rev. Francis Beresford Champion (d.1931) had been a student. Canting arms of John Alcock (c. 1430 – 1500), Bishop of Ely and founder of Jesus College, Cambridge: Argent, on a fesse between three cock's heads erased sable crested and jelloped gules a bishop's mitre or a bordure of the third charged with eight ducal coronets of the fourth

( Burke, John, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions or High Official Rank; but Uninvested with Heritable Honours, London, 1836, p.384, "Champion of Riddlesworth Hall")

• John Champion (d.1844) of Edale, who in 1800 married Frances Beresford, a daughter of Francis Beresford of Ham.
  • Rev. John Champion (1802-), son, Rector of Taxall and Incumbent of Edale, who married Margartet Elizabeth Murray, a daughter of William Murray of Duncrievie, Kinross. 3 sons and 9 daughters.
    • William Needham Longden Champion (1850-post 1937), eldest son, of Riddlesworth Hall and of Edale. His younger brother was Rev. Francis Beresford Champion (d.1931) (educated at Uppingham and Jesus College, Cambridge), Vicar of Edale 1881-91, during which time the Church of Holy & Undivided Trinity, Edale, was rebuilt, as is inscribed on the stained glass windows (showing St Paul and St Barnabus) erected in his memory in that church. Rev. Francis Beresford Champion married Annie Maud Aldrich (d.1940), a daughter of Pelham Aldrich, MRCS (Burke, 1937)