Basil Batty

Basil Staunton Batty OBE (12 May 1873 – 19 March 1952) was an Anglican suffragan bishop in the 20th century.^[1]

Basil Batty was born into an ecclesiastical family on 12 May 1873: his father, William Edmund Batty, was Vicar of St John's, Walham Green.^[2] After education at St Paul’s and Selwyn College, Cambridge,^[2] Batty began his ordained ministry^[3] as a curate at St Clement's, York.^[4] Following this he was Vicar of Medmenham, then Rector of South Hackney. Further incumbencies followed at St Gabriel's, Warwick Square,^[5] and Christ Church, Mayfair.^[6] He was also Rector of St Anne and St Agnes, Gresham Street.^[1] In 1926 he was ordained to the episcopate as the first Bishop of Fulham,^[7] a post he was to hold until 1947. A noted Europhile,^[8] he died on 19 March 1952.^[9]

References

1 2 Who was Who 1897-1990, London, A & C Black, 1991. ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
1 2 "Batty, Basil Staunton (BTY891BS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ The Times, Monday, Sep 28, 1896; pg. 9; Issue 35007; col F Ordinations. York.
↑ St Clement's York website
↑ Church details
↑ Worship details
↑ The Times, 20 March 1952; pg. 6; Issue 52265; col D, Bishop B.S. Batty First Bishop Of Fulham
↑ Papers within The national Archive
↑ Obituary Bishop B.S. Batty First Bishop Of Fulham, The Times, 20 March 1952; pg. 6; Issue 52265; col D

External links

Portraits of Basil Staunton Batty at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Church of England titles
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Bishop of Fulham 1926 – 1947	Succeeded by William Marshall Selwyn

Bishops of Fulham

Suffragans for Europe	Basil Batty William Selwyn George Ingle Robert Stopford Roderic Coote Alan Rogers John Satterthwaite

Suffragans of London	Brian Masters John Klyberg John Broadhurst Jonathan Baker

Diocese of London

St Paul's Cathedral
Westminster Abbey (second cathedral, 1550–1556)
The Old Deanery, London
Diocesan House, London
Diocese of Westminster (1540–1550)
Area scheme (1979–present)

Office holders

Diocesan bishop	Richard Chartres, Bishop of London

Area bishops	Pete Broadbent, Bishop of Willesden Adrian Newman, Bishop of Stepney Graham Tomlin, Bishop of Kensington Rob Wickham, Bishop of Edmonton

Other suffragan bishops	AEO: Jonathan Baker, Bishop suffragan of Fulham Ric Thorpe, Bishop of Islington (bishop for church plants)

Deans and senior priests	David Ison, Dean of St Paul's Nick Mercer, Vicar General

Archdeacons	Stephan Welch, Archdeacon of Middlesex Luke Miller, Archdeacon of London Duncan Green, Archdeacon of Northolt John Hawkins, Archdeacon of Hampstead Rosemary Lain-Priestley, Associate Archdeacon Liz Adekunle, Archdeacon of Hackney

Historic offices

Bishop suffragan of Marlborough (1888–1918)
Archdeacon of Colchester; Archdeacon of Essex (both: 12th century–1846; moved to Rochester then St Albans then Chelmsford)
Archdeacon of Charing Cross (lapsed to care of Archdeacon of London)

Historic residences

Fulham Palace (8th century–1975)
London House, Ludgate Hill (?–17th century)
London House, Aldersgate (18th century)
London House, St James's (18th–19th centuries)

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