Maxwell Homfray Maxwell-Gumbleton

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Maxwell Homfray Maxwell-Gumbleton was an Anglican Bishop in the first half of the 20th Century. Born on 17 June 1872 into a legal family^[1] and educated at Repton and Peterhouse, he was ordained in 1896. After a curacy in Pucklechurch ^[2] he rose rapidly in the Church hierarchy becoming successively Vicar of Colerne, Rural Dean of Chippenham and Bishop of Ballarat . After a ten year stint he returned to England where he was appointed as an assistant to the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich- a post which was later expanded to become the Suffragan Bishop of Dunwich ^[3]. He died on 1 February 1952.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Arthur Vincent Green	Bishop of Ballarat 1917 – 1927	Succeeded by William Herbert Johnson
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Bishop of Dunwich 1934 – 1945	Succeeded by Clement Mallory Ricketts

[edit] Notes

^ His father was a Puisne Judge in Jamaica >“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
^ During which time he married Ella Gillum
^ The Times, Wednesday, Aug 22, 1934; pg. 13; Issue 46839; col F A New Suffragan Bishopric

v • d • e Bishops of Ballarat

Samuel Thornton • ArthurVincent Green • Maxwell Homfray Maxwell-Gumbleton • Philip Charles Thurlow Crick • William Herbert Johnson • William Auchterlonie Hardie • John Hazlewood • Robert David Silk • Michael Hough •

v • d • e Bishops of Dunwich (Anglican)

Maxwell Homfray Maxwell-Gumbleton • Clement Mallory Ricketts • Thomas Herbert Cashmore • David Rokeby Maddock • Eric Nash Devenport • Jonathan Sansbury Bailey • Timothy John Stevens • Clive Young •