Edwin Kempson
British bishop
Edwin Hone Kempson (1862–1931) was the second Suffragan Bishop of Warrington.[1] Born on 16 April 1862 and educated at Rugby and Christ Church, Oxford,[2] he was ordained in 1886 and began a career in education. He was successively an assistant master at Clifton College, a Housemaster at Harrow and finally Principal of King William's College, Isle of Man. From 1912 until 1920 he was Canon Residentiary of Newcastle Cathedral[3] before ascending to the Episcopate in 1920, a post he held for seven years.
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Preceded by Martin Linton Smith | Bishop of Warrington 1920 – 1927 | Succeeded by Herbert Gresford Jones |
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Bishops of Warrington
- Linton Smith
- Edwin Kempson
- Herbert Gresford Jones
- Charles Claxton
- Laurie Brown
- John Bickersteth
- Michael Henshall
- John Packer
- David Jennings
- Richard Blackburn
- Bev Mason
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