George Henry Sumner was the Suffragan Bishop of Guildford[1] at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.
Born on 3 July 1824 into an ecclesiastical family [2] and educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford,[3] he was ordained to the priesthood in 1847.[4] His first position was a curacy in Crawley after which he was the rector of Old Alresford and then the Archdeacon of Winchester before his ordination to the episcopate.[5] He died on 11 December 1909. His wife, Mary Sumner, was the founder of the Mothers’ Union.
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| Preceded by John Sutton Utterton[6] |
Bishop of Guildford 1888 –1909 |
Succeeded by John Hugh Granville Randolph |
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