Wynne Willson

St John Basil Wynne Willson was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century. He was the Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1921 to 1937.^[1]^[2]

He was born on 28 August 1868 and educated at Cheltenham and St John's College, Cambridge.^[3] He was an Assistant Master at The Leys School and Rugby before Headships at Haileybury College and Marlborough.^[4] Ordained in 1904, he was appointed Dean of Bristol in 1916,^[5] a post he held for five years^[6] before his ordination to the episcopate as the Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1921.^[7] He married Alice Wills,^[8] retired in 1937,^[9] and died on 15 October 1946.^[10]

References

↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ List of Bishops
↑ "Willson, St John Basil Wynne (WL887SJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ Genealogy web-site
↑ National Archives
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP 1941
↑ The Times, Thursday, Nov 03, 1921; pg. 13; Issue 42868; col A Ecclesiastical intelligence
↑ Bathford Society — Alice Wilson
↑ Bishopric Of Bath And Wells Bishop Willson to retire The Times Monday, Apr 05, 1937; pg. 14; Issue 47650; col B
↑ Obituary Bishop Wynne Willson The Times Friday, Oct 18, 1946; pg. 7; Issue 50585; col E

External links

Portraits of St John Basil Wynne Willson at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Church of England titles
Preceded by Francis Pigou	Dean of Bristol 1916 –1921	Succeeded by Edward Arthur Burroughs
Preceded by George Wyndham Kennion	Bishop of Bath and Wells 1921 –1937	Succeeded by Francis Underhill

Deans of Bristol

Early modern	William Snow John Whiteheare/Whythere George Carew Henry Joliffe John Sprint Anthony Watson Simon Robson Edward Chetwynd Matthew Nicholas Henry Glemham Richard Towgood Samuel Crossman Richard Thompson William Levett George Royse The Hon Robert Booth Samuel Creswick Thomas Chamberlayne William Warburton Samuel Squire Francis Ayscough Cutts Barton John Hallam

Late modern	Charles Layard Bowyer Sparke John Parsons Henry Beeke Thomas Musgrave John Lamb Gilbert Elliot Francis Pigou Wynne Willson Edward Burroughs Henry de Candole Harry Blackburne Evered Lunt Douglas Harrison Horace Dammers Wesley Carr Robert Grimley David Hoyle

Bishops of Bath and Wells

Medieval	see renamed from Bath Roger of Salisbury (previously Bishop of Bath) William of Bitton Walter Giffard William of Bitton (nephew) 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 Peter Maurice, Bishop suffragan of Taunton (acting diocesan) Peter Hancock

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