George Reindorp

George Edmund Reindorp (11 December 1911^[1]- 20 April 1990) was an Anglican bishop. He was the 5th Bishop of Guildford in the Church of England and subsequently the 75th Bishop of Salisbury.^[2]^[3]

Reindorp was educated at Felsted School^[4] and Trinity College, Cambridge. After a curacy in Kensington and wartime service in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve his ministry positions included the incumbency of St Stephen's with St John's Westminster^[5] and Provost of Southwark Cathedral^[6] before his consecration to the episcopate. In 1973, he was installed as the Bishop of Salisbury. One of his first actions was summarily to determine (without interview) the licences of eight clergy who were either divorced and remarried or married to a spouse who had been previously divorced.

Reindorp married a South African doctor qualified in surgery, Alix Edington, in South Africa following the end of the Second World War. The Reindorps gained a reputation as public speakers on the British lecture circuit. Their clerical and medical backgrounds earned the couple the nickname "Body and Soul". Reindorp had four children with Alix. Two of his sons, David and Julian, have been ordained in the Church of England. Reindorp's only daughter, Fiona, married Baronet Sir Richard Baskerville Mynors. Reindorp's youngest son, Richard, became a teacher in the East End of London before moving into the Civil Service. After the death of his first wife in 1987, Reindorp married Lady Bridget Mullens. The service was conducted by his eldest son, Julian.

A prolific author^[7] and broadcaster^[8] he died in retirement three years after his wife Alix. Reindorp has 10 surviving grandchildren, the eldest of whom, Nicola Reindorp, is the head of Oxfam International in the United States.

A biography of Reindorp was written but not published in full. Parts of his life were edited and published in a shortened form. This was privately circulated and focussed mainly on his time as a parish priest. He was mainly remembered for his sense of humour and sermons built around three key words, e.g. "launch", "nevertheless", "partners".

For many years in Guildford, Surrey, he had a school named after him. In 2003 Bishop Reindorp Secondary school was demolished and a new building built in its place, Christ's College, Guildford, as a "Christian college".

References

↑ The Times, 21 December 1911; pg. 1; Issue 39774; col A, Births
↑ The Times, 17 January 1961; pg. 7; Issue 54981; col C, New Bishop Of Guildford Very Rev. G. E. Reindorp
↑ The Times, 15 December 1972; pg. 16; Issue 58658; col E, "Dr Reindorp to be new Bishop of Salisbury"
↑ “Who was Who”, 1897-1990, London, A & C Black, 1991, ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ The Times, 12 June 1948; pg. 6; Issue 51096; col C, "Services To-Morrow St Stephen’s Rochester Row Westminster"
↑ The Times, 5 December 1957; pg. 12; Issue 54016; col D, "Provost of Southwark"
↑ His publications included "What about You?", 1956; "No Common Task", 1957; "Putting it Over: ten points for preachers", 1961; "Over to You", 1964; "Preaching Through the Christian Year", 1973. “Who’s Who” (Ibid)
↑ Details of 1973 series

Church of England titles
Preceded by Hugh Edward Ashdown	Provost of Southwark 1957–1961	Succeeded by Ernest William Southcott
Preceded by Ivor Stanley Watkins	Bishop of Guildford 1961–1973	Succeeded by David Allan Brown
Preceded by Joseph Fison	Bishop of Salisbury 1973–1982	Succeeded by John Austin Baker

Provosts and Deans of Southwark

Provosts	John Haldane Frederick Narborough Cuthbert Bardsley Hugh Ashdown George Reindorp Ernest Southcott Harold Frankham David Edwards Colin Slee (became Dean)

Deans	Colin Slee (previously Provost) Andrew Nunn

Bishops of Guildford

Suffragans	John Utterton George Sumner John Randolph

Diocesans	John Greig John Macmillan Henry Montgomery Campbell Ivor Watkins George Reindorp David Brown Michael Adie John Gladwin Christopher Hill Andrew Watson

Bishops of Salisbury

see at Old Sarum	merged from Ramsbury & Sherborne Herman Saint Osmund Roger Henry de Sully Philip de Harcourt Josceline de Bohon Hubert Walter Herbert Poore Richard Poore see removed to New Sarum

Medieval	Richard Poore Robert de Bingham William de York Giles of Bridport Walter de la Wyle Robert Wickhampton Walter Scammel Henry Brandeston Lawrence de Awkeburne William de la Corner Nicholas Longespee Simon of Ghent Roger Martival Robert Wyvil Ralph Ergham John Waltham Richard Mitford Nicholas Bubwith Robert Hallam John Chandler Robert Neville William Ayscough Richard Beauchamp Lionel Woodville Thomas Langton John Blyth Henry Deane

Early modern	Edmund Audley Lorenzo Campeggio Nicholas Shaxton John Capon Gasparo Contarini William Petow Francis Mallet John Jewel Edmund Gheast John Piers John Coldwell Henry Cotton Robert Abbot Martin Fotherby Robert Tounson John Davenant Brian Duppa Humphrey Henchman John Earle Alexander Hyde Seth Ward Gilbert Burnet William Talbot Richard Willis Benjamin Hoadly Thomas Sherlock John Gilbert John Thomas (I) The Hon Robert Hay Drummond John Thomas (II) John Hume Shute Barrington John Douglas

Late modern	John Fisher Thomas Burgess Edward Denison Walter Hamilton George Moberly John Wordsworth Frederick Ridgeway St Clair Donaldson Neville Lovett Geoffrey Lunt William Anderson Joseph Fison George Reindorp John Baker David Stancliffe Nick Holtam

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 33569631 LCCN: n88601928

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