The Most Reverend George Wilkinson | |
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Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church | |
Church | Scottish Episcopal Church |
Diocese | St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane |
In office | 1893–1907 (
Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane) 1904–1907 ( Primus) |
Predecessor | Charles Wordsworth |
Successor | Charles Edward Plumb |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1858 |
Consecration | 25 April 1883 by Edward White Benson |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 11 December 1907 Edinburgh, Scotland | (aged 74)
Buried | Brompton cemetery |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Parents | George Wilkinson & Mary Howard |
Spouse | Caroline Charlotte |
Children | 8 |
Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
George Howard Wilkinson (1 May 1833 – 11 December 1907) was Bishop of Truro 1883-1891 and then of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane 1893–1907. [1] He was Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church from 1904, [2] until his death.
Wilkinson was born on 1 May 1833 and educated at Durham School and Oriel College, Oxford. [3] He embarked on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Kensington after which he held incumbencies at Seaham Harbour, Auckland, Soho and Eaton Square, a parish in a wealthy part of London, [4] before elevation to the episcopate in 1883. [5] [6]
The founder of the Community of the Epiphany (1883), [7] he died on 11 December 1907. [8]
Wilkinson married, on 14 July 1857, Caroline Charlotte Des Vœux, daughter of lieutenant-colonel Benfield Des Vœux, fourth son of Sir Charles Des Vœux, 1st Baronet; she died on 6 September 1877. They had three sons and five daughters, [9] including Reverend G. G. Wilkinson, and eldest daughter Constance Charlotte Mary Wilkinson, who married in 1902 Reverend Arthur Edward Davies, Chaplain to her father. [10]
The Most Reverend George Wilkinson | |
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Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church | |
Church | Scottish Episcopal Church |
Diocese | St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane |
In office | 1893–1907 (
Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane) 1904–1907 ( Primus) |
Predecessor | Charles Wordsworth |
Successor | Charles Edward Plumb |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1858 |
Consecration | 25 April 1883 by Edward White Benson |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 11 December 1907 Edinburgh, Scotland | (aged 74)
Buried | Brompton cemetery |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Parents | George Wilkinson & Mary Howard |
Spouse | Caroline Charlotte |
Children | 8 |
Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
George Howard Wilkinson (1 May 1833 – 11 December 1907) was Bishop of Truro 1883-1891 and then of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane 1893–1907. [1] He was Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church from 1904, [2] until his death.
Wilkinson was born on 1 May 1833 and educated at Durham School and Oriel College, Oxford. [3] He embarked on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Kensington after which he held incumbencies at Seaham Harbour, Auckland, Soho and Eaton Square, a parish in a wealthy part of London, [4] before elevation to the episcopate in 1883. [5] [6]
The founder of the Community of the Epiphany (1883), [7] he died on 11 December 1907. [8]
Wilkinson married, on 14 July 1857, Caroline Charlotte Des Vœux, daughter of lieutenant-colonel Benfield Des Vœux, fourth son of Sir Charles Des Vœux, 1st Baronet; she died on 6 September 1877. They had three sons and five daughters, [9] including Reverend G. G. Wilkinson, and eldest daughter Constance Charlotte Mary Wilkinson, who married in 1902 Reverend Arthur Edward Davies, Chaplain to her father. [10]