John Kempthorne (bishop)

John Augustine Kempthorne (26 May 1864, London – 24 February 1946, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire) was an Anglican Bishop in the first half of the Twentieth Century.^[1]

John Augustine Kempthorne was the son of the Rev. John Kempthorne (1835–1880), Vicar of Trumpington. He was educated at Haileybury and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[2] His first post after ordination was as a curate at St Aidan’s, Gateshead. He then held incumbencies at Rochdale, Sunderland, Liverpool^[3] and Hessle^[4] before elevation to the Episcopate in March 1910 as Bishop of Hull, a Suffragan to the Archbishop of York.^[5]^[6] He was appointed Bishop of Lichfield in May 1913,^[7] and retired in 1937.

He died on 24 February 1946.^[8]

Notes

↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ "Kempthorne, John Augustine (KMTN881JA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ British History on-line
↑ 1910–13 Photo
↑ Hull Times
↑ New Bishop-Suffragan Of Hull. (News) The Times Saturday, Mar 12, 1910; pg. 9; Issue 39218; col C
↑ New Bishop Of Lichfield. Appointment Of The Bishop Of Hull. (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Friday, May 02, 1913; pg. 6; Issue 40201; col F
↑ Right Rev. Dr. J. A. Kempthorne (Obituaries) The Times Monday, Feb 25, 1946; pg. 6; Issue 50385; col E

Church of England titles
Preceded by Richard Augustus Lefevre Blunt	Bishop of Hull 1910–1913	Succeeded by Francis Gurdon
Preceded by Augustus Legge	Bishop of Lichfield 1913–1937	Succeeded by Edward Sydney Woods

Bishops of Hull

Richard Blunt John Kempthorne Francis Gurdon Bernard Heywood Henry Vodden George Townley Hubert Higgs Geoffrey Paul Donald Snelgrove James Jones Richard Frith Alison White

Bishops of Lichfield (including precursor offices)

Mercia	Diuma Ceollach Trumhere Jaruman

Mercians & Lindisfaras	Chad

Lichfield	Winfrith Seaxwulf Headda Aldwine Witta Hemele Cuthfrith Berhthun Hygeberht (Archbishop of Lichfield) Ealdwulf Herewine Æthelwold Hunberght Cynefrith Tunberht Wulfsige Burgheard Eadberht Wulfred Wilferth Ælfwine Wulfgar Cynesige Wynsige Elphege Godwin Leofgar Brihtmær Wulfsige Leofwin Peter

Chester	Peter Robert de Limesey

Coventry	Robert de Limesey Robert Peche Roger de Clinton Walter Durdent Richard Peche Gerard la Pucelle Hugh Nonant Geoffrey de Muschamp William de Cornhill Alexander de Stavenby

Coventry & Lichfield	Alexander de Stavenby Hugh de Pateshull Roger Weseham Roger de Meyland Walter Langton Roger Northburgh Robert de Stretton Walter Skirlaw Richard le Scrope John Burghill John Catterick James Cary William Heyworth William Booth Nicholas Close Reginald Boulers John Hales William Smyth John Arundel Geoffrey Blythe Rowland Lee

Lichfield & Coventry	Rowland Lee Richard Sampson Ralph Baines Thomas Bentham William Overton George Abbot Richard Neile John Overall Thomas Morton Robert Wright Accepted Frewen John Hacket Thomas Wood William Lloyd John Hough Edward Chandler Richard Smalbroke The Hon Frederick Cornwallis John Egerton Brownlow North Richard Hurd The Hon James Cornwallis The Hon Henry Ryder Samuel Butler

Lichfield	Samuel Butler James Bowstead John Lonsdale George Selwyn William Maclagan The Hon Augustus Legge John Kempthorne Edward Woods Stretton Reeve Kenneth Skelton Keith Sutton Jonathan Gledhill Clive Gregory (acting) Michael Ipgrave (bishop-designate)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 40736840

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