George Kennion

George Wyndham Kennion (5 September 1845 – 19 May 1922), Anglican bishop of Adelaide and Bath and Wells.

George Wyndham Kennion, the son of George Kennion and Catherine, daughter of J.F. Fordyce, was born at Harrogate, England, on 5 September 1845. He was educated at Eton College and Oriel College, Oxford University, where he graduated B.A. in 1867 and M.A. in 1871. He was ordained deacon in 1869 and priest in 1870. He was an inspector of schools 1871-3, vicar of St Paul's, Hull, in 1873, and of All Saints, Bradford, in 1876.

In 1882 he was chosen by Archbishop Tait to be the second bishop of Adelaide and was consecrated in Westminster Abbey on 30 November 1882. On 5 December he married Henrietta, daughter of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson.

Kennion arrived in South Australia early in 1883 and soon realised that more churches were needed in the rapidly-growing suburbs of Adelaide and in outlying country districts. He set to work to fill this need and personally visited all the centres in the colony. During his 12 years in the diocese many churches were built, considerable progress was made in the building of the cathedral, and the number of clergy increased from 50 to 75.

In 1894 Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery called him to the bishopric of Bath and Wells. There he found no lack of work and ruled the diocese with tact and wisdom. He had some difficulties with the extreme high church movement in the church, but though he allowed much liberty there were limits he would not allow to be passed. He had in early life been associated with the evangelicals, but became a moderate high churchman. He did not take a leading part in ecclesiastical affairs, but was an excellent chairman of the English committee on faith and order. He was lecturer in pastoral theology at Cambridge University in 1899 and Ramsden preacher in 1901. He had a serious illness at the end of 1917 and resigned his see in August 1919. He died at Ayr on 19 May 1922.

References

Serle, Percival (1949). "Kennion, George Wyndham". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson. http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogI-K.html#kennion1.

External links

J. R. Warner, 'Kennion, George Wyndham (1845 - 1922)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, Melbourne University Press, 1974, p. 17.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Augustus Short	Bishop of Adelaide 1882–1894	Succeeded by John Harmer
Preceded by Lord Arthur Hervey	Bishop of Bath and Wells 1894 –1921	Succeeded by Wynne Willson

Anglican Bishops of Adelaide

Augustus Short • George Kennion • John Harmer • Nutter Thomas • Bryan Robin • Tom Reed

Bishops of Bath and Wells

Medieval	Roger of Salisbury • William of Bitton I • Walter Giffard • William of Bitton II • Robert Burnell • William of March • Walter Haselshaw • John Droxford • Ralph of Shrewsbury • John Barnet • John Harewell • Walter Skirlaw • Ralph Ergham • Richard Clifford • Henry Bowet • Nicholas Bubwith • John Stafford • Thomas Beckington • Robert Stillington • Richard Foxe • Oliver King

Early modern	Cardinal Adriano Castellesi • Cardinal Thomas Wolsey • John Clerk • William Knight • William Barlow • Gilbert Bourne • Gilbert Berkeley • Thomas Godwin • John Still • James Montague • Arthur Lake • William Laud • Leonard Mawe • Walter Curle • William Piers • Robert Creighton • Peter Mews • Thomas Ken • Richard Kidder • George Hooper • John Wynne • Edward Willes • Charles Moss

Late modern	Richard Beadon • George Law • Hon Richard Bagot • The Lord Auckland • Lord Arthur Hervey • George Kennion • Wynne Willson • Francis Underhill • William Wand • Harold Bradfield • Edward Henderson • John Bickersteth • George Carey • Jim Thompson • Peter Price

Persondata
Name	Kennion, George Wyndham
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop
Date of birth	5 September 1845
Place of birth
Date of death	19 May 1922
Place of death