John Randolph (bishop of Guildford)

John Hugh Granville Randolph (20 January 1866[1] – 21 March 1936)[2] was the Bishop of Guildford (a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Winchester)[3] and then Dean of Salisbury[4] in the Church of England in the first decades of the 20th century.[5]

John Randolph
Bishop of Guildford
DioceseDiocese of Winchester
In office1909–1927 (res.)
PredecessorGeorge Sumner
Other post(s)Dean of Salisbury (1928–1935)
Orders
Ordination1890
Consecration1909
by Randall Davidson (Canterbury)
Personal details
Born(1866-01-20)20 January 1866
Died21 March 1936(1936-03-21) (aged 70)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Randolph was born into an ecclesiastical family: his father was a priest, Leveson Randolph. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge,[6][7] he was ordained into the priesthood in 1890.[8] His first post was a curacy in Margate,[9] after which he was Vicar of All Saints’, Westbrook,[10] then St Mark's, North End,[11] before his appointment to the episcopate.[12]

In late 1908/early 1909, Cecil Boutflower, Bishop of Dorking, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Winchester, departed for Japan;[13] Boutflower had taken the See of Dorking only because George Sumner (Bishop of Guildford) did not resign his See; on Boutflower's resignation, Sumner was persuaded to resign the See of Guildford (by the time of Randolph's consecration). Therefore, Randolph was appointed as successor to both suffragans: to Boutflower in duties and Sumner in the see.[14] He was consecrated on 21 February 1909, by Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace Chapel.[15] Between the erection of the Diocese of Guildford on 1 May 1927 and his installation as Dean of Salisbury, he had no official post, but gave assistance to the bishops of Winchester, of Guildford and of Portsmouth.[16] He became a Doctor of Divinity (DD).

References

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  1. ^ National Archives
  2. ^ Obituary Bishop Randolph former Dean of Salisbury The Times Monday, 23 March 1936; pg. 18; Issue 47330; col B
  3. ^ The Times, Thursday, 25 February 1909; pg. 10; Issue 38892; col C New Suffragan for the Bishop of Winchester
  4. ^ The Times, Monday, 2 December 1935; pg. 14; Issue 47236; col C Deanery Of Salisbury Resignation of Dr Randolph
  5. ^ Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  6. ^ "Randolph, John Hugh Granville (RNDF885JH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  7. ^ The Times, Saturday, 12 November 1892; p. 10; Issue 33794; col F University Intelligence. Oxford, 11 November
  8. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  9. ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 622.
  10. ^ The Times, Thursday, 31 May 1894; pg. 10; Issue 34278; col C Preferments and appointments
  11. ^ History of area
  12. ^ Stained glass window in his memory Archived 2007-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "Church News. General". Church Times. No. 2395. 18 December 1908. p. 834. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 7 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
  14. ^ "New suffragan bishop". Church Times. No. 2184. 2 December 1904. p. 735. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 7 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
  15. ^ "Church news. General". Church Times. No. 2405. 26 February 1909. p. 266. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 6 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
  16. ^ "Deanery of Salisbury. Appointment of Bishop Randolph". Church Times. No. 3387. 23 December 1927. p. 755. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 6 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop suffragan of Guildford
1909–1927
diocesan See established
first bishop: John Greig
Preceded by Dean of Salisbury
1928–1935
Succeeded by