Kenneth Warner

Kenneth Charles Harman Warner was Bishop of Edinburgh from 1947 o 1961.[1] Warner was born on 6 April 1891 and educated at Tonbridge School [2] and Trinity College, Oxford. His first career as a solicitor was interrupted by wartime service with the Army Cyclist Corps[3]- at the end of which he was awarded the DSO. Ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1924, he began his career with a curacy at St George’s Ramsgate. After this he was a chaplain in the Royal Air Force (RAF)[4] then Provost of St. Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow.[5] In 1938 he became Archdeacon of Lincoln[6] before his ordination to the episcopate. He died on 18 March 1983.[7]

References

  1. Bishop Of Edinburgh To Resign. The Times (London, England), Friday, Feb 12, 1960; pg. 14; Issue 54693
  2. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. London Gazette
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941
  5. Cathedral website
  6. National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  7. The Times, Wednesday, 23 Mar 1983; pg. 12; Issue 61488; col G Right Rev Kenneth Warner
Religious titles
Preceded by
Algernon Giles Seymour
Provost of St. Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow
1933 1937
Succeeded by
John Gabriel Murray
Preceded by
Hubert Larken
Archdeacon of Lincoln
1938 1947
Succeeded by
Kenneth Edward Norman Lamplugh
Preceded by
Ernest Denny Logie Danson
Bishop of Edinburgh
1947 1961
Succeeded by
Kenneth Moir Carey