Maxwell Maxwell-Gumbleton

Maxwell Homfray Maxwell-Gumbleton , born Maxwell Homfray Smith (17 June 1872–1 February 1952), was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.

Maxwell-Gumbleton was born into a legal family. His father was a Puisne Judge in Jamaica.^[1] He was educated at Repton School and Peterhouse and ordained in 1896.^[2] After a curacy in Pucklechurch, during which time he married Ella Gillum,^[3] he rose rapidly in the Church hierarchy, becoming successively Vicar of Colerne, Rural Dean of Chippenham and Bishop of Ballarat. In 1916 he changed his surname from Smith to Maxwell-Gumbleton.^[2] After 10 years as Bishop of Ballarat he returned to England where he was appointed as an assistant to the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich – a position which was later expanded to become the Suffragan Bishop of Dunwich.^[4]

References

^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
^ ^a ^b Smith (post Maxwell-Gumbleton), Maxwell Homfray in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
^ Ella Maria GILLUM
^ The Times, 22 August 1934; pg. 13; Issue 46839; col F A New Suffragan Bishopric

Church of England titles
Preceded by Arthur Vincent Green	Bishop of Ballarat 1917–1927	Succeeded by Philip Charles Thurlow Crick
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Bishop of Dunwich 1934–1945	Succeeded by Clement Mallory Ricketts

Bishops of Ballarat

Samuel Thornton • Arthur Green • Maxwell Maxwell-Gumbleton • Philip Crick • William Johnson • William Hardie • John Hazlewood • David Silk • Michael Hough • Garry Weatherill

Bishops of Dunwich (Anglican)

Maxwell Maxwell-Gumbleton • Clement Mallory Ricketts • Thomas Cashmore • David Maddock • William Johnston • Eric Devenport • Jonathan Bailey • Tim Stevens • Clive Young

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Name	Maxwell-Gumbleton, Maxwell Homfray
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Date of birth	17 June 1872
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Date of death	1 February 1952
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