George Wilkinson (bishop)

"Truro"
Bishop Wilkinson as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, December 1885

George Howard Wilkinson was Bishop of Truro^[1] and then of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane,^[2] in the last quarter of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th.

Life

He was born on 1 May 1833 and educated at Durham School and Oriel College, Oxford^[3] and then embarked on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Kensington after which he held incumbencies at Seaham Harbour, Auckland, Soho and Eaton Square, a parish in a wealthy part of London,^[4] before elevation to the Episcopate.

The founder of the Community of the Epiphany (1883)^[5] he died on 1 December 1907.^[6]

Family

On 14 July 1857, he married Caroline Charlotte, daughter of lieutenant-colonel Benfield Des Vœux, fourth son of Sir Charles Des Voeux, 1st Baronet; she died on 6 September 1877; they had three sons and five daughters.^[7]

Notes

1. "Consecration of the Bishop of Truro", The Times Wednesday, May 16, 1883; p. 6; Issue 30821; col F
2. "New Bishop of St Andrews" The Times, Friday, Apr 28, 1893; p. 8; Issue 33937; col D
3. Who was Who 1897–1990. London: A. & C. Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
4. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
5. Article by Richard Savill “Last surviving nun of 127 year old order” (p.7) Daily Telegraph Tuesday 4 November 2008
6. "Death of the Bishop of St. Andrews". The Times Thursday, Dec 12, 1907; p. 4; Issue 38514; col C
7.  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Buckland, Augustus Robert (1912). "Wilkinson, George Howard". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement​. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

External links

• Bibliographic directory from Project Canterbury