Walter Whittingham

The Rt Rev Walter Godfrey Whittingham, DD, MA (5 October 1861 – 17 June 1941) was an eminent[1] Anglican[2] Bishop[3] in the first half of the 20th century.[4][5]

He was born on 5 October 1861 and educated at the City of London School and Peterhouse, Cambridge.[6] Ordained in 1886,[7] he began his career with curacies at St Margaret Leicester and St Thomas the Apostle, South Wigston. After this he held incumbencies at Weedon, Buckinghamshire, Knighton, Leicestershire[8] and Glaston, Rutland. He was Archdeacon of Oakham from 1918 until 1923 when he was elevated to the Episcopate as the third Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich,[9] a post he held for 17 years.[10] He died on 17 June 1941.[11]

Notes

  1. ^ Norfolk Record Office
  2. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  3. ^ National Archives
  4. ^ "Handbook of British Chronology" Fryde,E.B;Greenway D.E;Porter,S;Roy,I Cambridge, CUP,1996 ISBN 9780521563505
  5. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
  6. ^ Whittingham, Walkter Godfrey in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
  7. ^ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  8. ^ Leicestershire Archaeological Society
  9. ^ The Times, Friday, Nov 02, 1923; pg. 15; Issue 43488; col D Ecclesiastical News. Consecration Of Three Bishops
  10. ^ The Times, Monday, Aug 19, 1940; pg. 7; Issue 48698; col D Ecclesiastical News Bishop Of St. Edmundsbury to resign
  11. ^ Obituary Dr W.G. Whittingham The Times Thursday, Jun 19, 1941; pg. 7; Issue 48956; col E
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Albert Augustus David		 Bishop of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich
1923 – 1940		 Succeeded by
Richard Brook
Office holders in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

Henry Hodgson • Albert David • Walter Whittingham • Richard Brook • Arthur Morris  • Leslie Brown  • John Waine • John Dennis • Richard Lewis • Nigel Stock