Arthur Fawssett Alston (1872 – 1954) was an Anglican bishop, the third Bishop of Middleton from 1938 until 1943.[1]
Educated at Clare College, Cambridge and Ridley Hall,[2] he was ordained priest in 1896.[3] A curacy at St Simon’s Southsea was followed with Yorkshire incumbencies. From there he became Rural Dean then Archdeacon of Hastings before becoming a Canon Residentiary of Manchester Cathedral, from which post he ascended to the Episcopate. His son Rex Alston was a famous cricket commentator.
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| Preceded by Cecil Wilfred Wilson |
Bishop of Middleton 1938 – 1943 |
Succeeded by Edward Worsfold Mowll |
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