John Macmillan

John Victor Macmillan OBE DD[1] (1877–1956[2]) was the fifth Bishop of Dover in the modern era[3][4] who was later translated to Guildford.[5]

Born into a publishing family[6] and educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford, he began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Farnham and was successively Resident Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, a Chaplain to the Forces during World War I, Vicar of Kew and then Archdeacon of Maidstone before his elevation to the episcopate.

References

1. NPG details
2. Obituary- The Right Rev. J. V. Macmillan The Times Thursday, 16 Aug 1956; pg. 11; Issue 53611; col E
3. The Guildford Diocese Bishop Of Dover Appointed The Times Thursday, 4 Oct 1934; pg. 12; Issue 46876; col F
4. ”Who was Who 1897-1990” London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
5. Window on Woking Archived 11 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
6. The Baxter Bible

Church of England titles
Preceded by Harold Bilbrough	Bishop of Dover 1927 – 1934	Succeeded by Alfred Rose
Preceded by John Greig	Bishop of Guildford 1934 – 1949	Succeeded by Henry Montgomery Campbell