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Walter Godfrey Whittingham (5 October 1861 – 17 June 1941) was a
Church of England
bishop.
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Education
Whittingham was educated at the
City of London School and
Peterhouse, Cambridge.
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Career
Ordained in 1886,
[7] Whittingham began his career with
curacies at
St Margaret's Church, Leicester and
St Thomas the Apostle's,
South Wigston. He subsequently held
incumbencies at
Weedon, Buckinghamshire,
Knighton, Leicestershire
[8] and
Glaston, Rutland. He was
Archdeacon of Oakham from 1918 to 1923 when he was ordained to the
episcopate as the third
Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, a post he held for 17 years.
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[10] He was consecrated bishop at
Westminster Abbey on 1 November 1923, by
Randall Davidson,
Archbishop of Canterbury;
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Death
Whittingham died on 17 June 1941.
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Notes
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Norfolk Record Office
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National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
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National Archives
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^ "Handbook of British Chronology" Fryde,E.B;Greenway D.E;Porter,S;Roy,I Cambridge,
CUP,1996
ISBN
978-0-521-56350-5
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“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London,
A & C Black, 2007
ISBN
978-0-19-954087-7
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"Whittingham, Walkter Godfrey (WHTN884WG)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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^ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London, Hamilton & Co 1889
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Leicestershire Archaeological Society
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^ "Ecclesiastical News. Consecration Of Three Bishops",
The Times, 2 November 1923, p. 15.
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The Times, Monday, Aug 19, 1940; pg. 7; Issue 48698; col D Ecclesiastical News Bishop Of St. Edmundsbury to resign
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"Westminster Abbey. Consecration of Bishops".
Church Times. No. 3171. 2 November 1923. p. 486.
ISSN
0009-658X. Retrieved 5 January 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
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^ Obituary Dr W.G. Whittingham
The Times Thursday, Jun 19, 1941; pg. 7; Issue 48956; col E
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