William Swayne Explained

William Shuckburgh Swayne (1862–1941) was a Church of England bishop^[1] and author^[2] who served as Dean of Manchester^[3] then Bishop of Lincoln^[4] in the first half of the 20th century.

Born in 1862 he was educated at New College, Oxford^[5] and ordained in 1886.^[6] He began his ecclesiastical career with curacies at Lyndhurst and Stalbridge^[7] and was then Diocesan Lecturer for Lichfield. After this he held incumbencies at St Matthew's Church, Walsall^[8] and then St Peter's, Cranley Gardens,^[9] a post he held until his consecration to the episcopate.^[10] He died on 30 June 1941.^[11]

References

http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/Archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqSearch=(((OrderNo='MS')AND(OrderNo='19'))AND((Repository='Lambeth')AND(Repository='Palace')AND(Repository='Library')))&dsqPos=130 National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
Amongst others he wrote: “The Psalm of the Saints”, 1904; “The Beatitudes”, 1913; “St Paul and his Gospel”, 1915; “Personal Union with Christ”, 1917;and “Parsons Pleasure, 1934” > British Library Catalogue accessed 13 May 2009
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=1162-mancath_2-4&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 National Archives
New Bishop Of Lincoln. Dean Swayne Appointed. The Times Monday, 10 November 1919; p. 14; Issue 42253; col F
University Intelligence. Oxford, Oct. 10. The Times Saturday, 11 October 1884; p. 9; Issue 31262; col F
"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
[Who's Who (UK)|Who was Who 1987-1990]
http://www.stmatthewswalsall.co.uk/ Church web-site
http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/MDX/Kensington/churches.htm Genuki
http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/page.php?n_@CBA_264 Diocese of Lincoln web-site
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