| Arthur Winnington-Ingram KCVO PC |
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| Bishop of London | |
"London" – Winnington-Ingram as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, May 1901 |
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| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of London |
| Elected | 1901 |
| Reign ended | 1939 |
| Predecessor | Mandell Creighton |
| Successor | Geoffrey Fisher |
| Other posts | Bishop of Stepney 1897–1901 |
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| Ordination | Geoffrey Fisher |
| Consecration | c. 1897 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 January 1858 Worcestershire, United Kingdom |
| Died | 26 May 1946 (aged 88) Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Revd Edward Winnington-Ingram & Louisa Pepys |
| Alma mater | Keble College, Oxford |
Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram KCVO PC (26 January 1858 – 26 May 1946) was Bishop of London from 1901 to 1939.
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He was born in Worcestershire, the fourth son of the Revd Edward Winnington-Ingram and of Louisa (daughter of Henry Pepys, Bishop of Worcester). Ingram was educated at Marlborough College and Keble College, Oxford.
He was a private tutor, 1881–84; curate at St Mary's, Shrewsbury, 1884–85; private chaplain to the Bishop of Lichfield, 1885–89; head of Oxford House Settlement, Bethnal Green 1889-97,[1] chaplain to the Archbishop of York, 1889; rector of Bethnal Green, 1895; rural dean of Spitalfields, 1896; and canon of St Paul's Cathedral, 1897.
In 1897, Winnnington-Ingram was raised to the episcopate as the second suffragan Bishop of Stepney.[2] In 1901, after the death of Mandell Creighton, he was nominated to the see of London, and he was in the same year appointed as a Privy Counsellor. As a preacher he proved very successful. He was a leader in social work in London's East End. As an administrator he has been judged inefficient in maintaining standards among the clergy in comparison with his disciplinarian-minded successor Geoffrey Fisher, a feature aggravated by his lengthy tenure.
During World War I Winnington-Ingram threw himself into supporting the war effort and visited the troops on both the Western Front and at Salonica and the Grand Fleet. For his war work he was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece) and the Order of St. Sava, 1st Class (Serbia).
On 22 May 1946, Winnington-Ingram was taken ill while playing golf and he died a few days later on 26 May 1946 in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire.[3] He never married, although he was briefly engaged while Bishop of Stepney.
He is commemorated in some of the street names in Hampstead Garden Suburb: The Bishops Avenue, Winnington Road and Ingram Avenue; and Bishop Winnington-Ingram Primary School, Ruislip.[4]
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| Preceded by Forrest Browne |
Bishop of Stepney 1897–1901 |
Succeeded by Cosmo Lang |
| Preceded by Mandell Creighton |
Bishop of London 1901–1939 |
Succeeded by Geoffrey Fisher |
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