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Nathaniel Newnham Davis (bishop)

Nathaniel Newnham Davis (bishop)

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For the lieutenant-colonel, see Nathaniel Newnham-Davis (journalist).

Nathaniel William Newnham Davis (17 July 1903 – 28 July 1966) was a Colonial Anglican Bishop[1] in the mid 20th century.

This British surname is barrelled, being made up of multiple names. It should be written as Newnham Davis, not Davis.

He was born on 17 July 1903 and educated at Harrow and Merton College, Oxford.[2][3] After a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon he was ordained in 1927 and began his career as a curate of Church of Holy Spirit, Beeston Hill. From 1931 he was Rector of St Anne, Sandy Point in St Kitts[3][4] and then the island's Archdeacon. He was elevated to the episcopate as Bishop of Antigua in 1944 and resigned in 1952.[3] He was an Assistant Bishop of Coventry from then until 1959 and then Warden of the United Westminster Almshouses[3] until his death on 28 July 1966.[5]

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  1. [1]
    National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts
  2. [2]
    "Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. [3]
    Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 143.
  4. [4]
    Crockford's Clerical Directory1940–41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  5. [5]
    Obituary Rt. Rev. N. W. Newnham Davis The Times Monday, 1 Aug 1966; p. 12; Issue 56698; col G
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