William Selwyn (bishop)

For other people named William Selwyn, see William Selwyn.

William Marshall Selwyn (15 February 1879 – 29 September 1951) was an Anglican suffragan bishop in the 20th century.^[1]^[2]

Selwyn was born into an ecclesiastical family, the second son of the Reverend Sydney Augustus Selwyn, of Boscombe vicarage, Bournemouth, and Ellen Blake. He was educated at Haileybury and Emmanuel College, Cambridge,^[3] before beginning his ordained ministry as a curate at All Saints' South Lambeth.^[4] Following this he was chaplain to the London Irish Rifles then of the British Embassy Church, Paris. Incumbencies as vicar at Holy Trinity, Bournemouth and Brompton, London^[5] followed before becoming the Archdeacon of Bath.^[6] He was also Rector of St Anne and St Agnes, Gresham Street^[2] In 1947 he was ordained to the episcopate as the second Bishop of Fulham,^[7] a post he was to hold for only two years.^[8] He died on 29 September 1951.^[9]

References

↑ Time Magazine Article
1 2 Who was Who 1897–1990: London A & C Black 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ "Selwyn. William Marshall (SLWN898WM)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ Lost churches in the Diocese of Southwark
↑ Worship details
↑ Records within the National Archives
↑ The Times, 16 December 1946; pg. 4; Issue 50635; col C, New Bishop Of Fulham
↑ Bishop Of Fulham Resigns, The Times, 28 July 1949; pg. 4; Issue 51445; col F
↑ Obituary – Bishop William Selwyn, The Times, 1 October 1951; pg. 6; Issue 52120; col E

Church of England titles
Preceded by Basil Staunton Batty	Bishop of Fulham 1947–1949	Succeeded by George Ernest Ingle

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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