In 1840 he married Emma, the daughter of his old Eton headmaster, John Keate. He had two sons, Richard Durnford Jr., former secretary of the Charity Commission, and Sir Walter Durnford.
He died in Basel. His body was brought back to Chichester Cathedral for a funeral service, and then interred at Westhampnett.[4]
Durnford House at Brighton College was named after him. The Durnford House at Eton is named after his brother, Francis Edward Durnford, who taught there from 1839 to 1877.
Notes
^"Consecration Of Three Bishops In Whitehall Chapel". The Times. 9 May 1870. p. 8; col E. Issue 26745.
^"The Funeral Of The Late Bishop Of Chichester". The Times. 21 October 1895. p. 11; col B. Issue 34713.