Alfred Rawlinson (bishop)

Alfred Edward John Rawlinson (called Jack;[1] 17 July 1884 – 17 July 1960)[2] was an eminent British scholar of divinity[3] and an Anglican bishop. He was the second Bishop of Derby[4] (a diocesan bishop in the Church of England) from 1936[5] until his retirement in 1959.[6]

Rt. Rev. Alfred Edward John Rawlinson (1884-1960), Bishop of Derby (1936-59); Assistant Chaplain and Divinity Lecturer at Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1920-29).

Alfred Rawlinson
Bishop of Derby
Diocese	Diocese of Derby
In office	1936–1959
Predecessor	Edmund Pearce
Successor	Geoffrey Allen
Other posts	Archdeacon of Auckland, Canon of Durham, & bishop's examining chaplain (1929–1936)
Orders
Ordination	1909 (deacon); 1910 (priest)
Consecration	1936 by Cosmo Gordon Lang
Personal details
Born	(1884-07-17)17 July 1884 Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Died	17 July 1960(1960-07-17) (aged 76) London, UK
Buried	17 September 1960, Derby Cathedral (ashes interred)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Residence	Golders Green, London (in retirement)
Parents	Alfred Rawlinson & Anna
Spouse	Mildred née Ellis (m. 1919)
Children	one son
Profession	divinity scholar
Alma mater	Corpus Christi College, Oxford

Biography

Born at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire and educated at Dulwich College[7] and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was ordained a deacon in 1909 and a priest in 1910.[8] He married Mildred, oldest daughter of P. A. Ellis (sometime Vicar of St Mary-the-Virgin, Tothill Fields), and they had one son.[7]

His academic career began as a tutor at Keble College, Oxford (1909–1913). Further academic posts at Christ Church, Oxford and Corpus followed: he was a Student (the Christ Church equivalent of a Fellow at other colleges) and Tutor at Christ Church from 1914 to 1929, and assistant chaplain and college lecturer in divinity at Corpus Christi from 1920 to 1929. He was also a university lecturer in divinity studies from 1927 to 1929.[7]

Meanwhile, his priestly ministry included examining chaplain to John Kempthorne, Bishop of Lichfield (1913–1929) and a brief spell as priest-in-charge of St John the Evangelist, Wilton Road (Victoria, London; 1917–1918). He was appointed a Chaplain to the King (George V; 1930–1936) and departed Oxford to become Archdeacon of Auckland, a Canon Residentiary of Durham Cathedral,[9] and examining chaplain to Hensley Henson, Bishop of Durham (all 1929–1936), before his election to the See of Derby. He was consecrated a bishop by Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, on St Matthias' day (24 February) 1936 at St Paul's Cathedral.[10] He retired to Golders Green and died at a London hospital.[11] His ashes were interred in Derby Cathedral at a memorial service on 17 September 1960.[12]

Works

Monographs

• Dogma, Fact, and Experience (1915)
• Religious Reality: A Book for Men London: Longmans, Green & Co (1918)
• Catholicism with freedom : an appeal for a new policy / being a paper read at the Anglo-Catholic congress at Birmingham on the 22nd June, 1922; and now addressed as an open letter to all members of the Church of England ... London: Longmans (1922)
• Adventures in the Near East, 1918–1922 London: Melrose. Attr. King's College London (1924)
• Authority and freedom: Bishop Paddock Lectures. 1923 London, Longmans, Green (1924)
• The New Testament Doctrine of the Christ Bampton Lectures London; New York: Longmans, Green (1926)
• Christ in the Gospels Oxford: Oxford University Press (1944)
• The Anglican Communion in Christendom London: SPCK (1960).

Contributor to

• Foundations: A Statement of Christian Belief in Terms of Modern Thought: By Seven Oxford Men. London: Macmillan (1912)
• Essays Catholic and Critical edited by E G Selwyn London: SPCK (1926)
• Essays on the Trinity and the Incarnation London: Longmans (1928)
• God and the World through Christian Eyes London: Student Christian Movement Press (1933)
• The Christian Faith: Essays in explanation and defence London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (1944).

References

1. "The congress personalities". Church Times (#Supp.). 4 October 1935. p. v. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 5 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
2. Rt. Rev. A. E. J. Rawlinson Scholarly Bishop The Times Monday, 18 July 1960; pg. 12; Issue 54826; col D
3. Amongst others he wrote "Dogma, Fact, and Experience", 1915; "Religious Reality", 1918; "Studies in Historical Christianity", 1922; "The Church of England and the Church of Christ", 1930; "Christ in the Gospels", 1944; "Problems of Reunion", 1950;and "Current Problems of the Church", 1956: British Library Web Site accessed 15 February 2009 08;26 GMT
4. Diocesan details Archived 20 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
5. New Bishop Of Derby Archdeacon Rawlinson Appointed The Times Saturday, 21 Dec 1935; pg. 10; Issue 47253; col E
6. The Times, Saturday, 18 Apr 1959; pg. 6; Issue 54438; col E Bishop Of Derby
7. "Rawlinson, Alfred Edward John". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 5 January 2017. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
8. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940–1941 (Oxford: OUP, 1941)
9. "Bygone Derbyshire". Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
10. "Consecration of three bishops at St. Paul's". Church Times (#3814). 28 February 1936. p. 246. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 5 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
11. "in memoriam: Bishop Rawlinson". Church Times (#5084). 22 July 1960. p. 8. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 5 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
12. "Church to Commemorate Dr. Rawlinson?". Church Times (#503). 23 September 1960. p. 15. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 5 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.

External links

• Works by Alfred Rawlinson at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Alfred Rawlinson at Internet Archive

Church of England titles
Preceded by Edmund Pearce	Bishop of Derby 1936–1959	Succeeded by Geoffrey Allen