Anthony Charles Dumper (4 October 192327 August 2012) was the

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from 1977 until 1993 and the first

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under the Worcester diocese

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from 1993. He was an Anglican priest in Malaysia and Singapore from 1949 until 1970, becoming Dean of St Andrews Cathedral, Singapore in 1964.

Early life and education

Tony Dumper was born in Surbiton, Surrey, the son of a bank clerk who gained a MC in the First World War. He grew up in a loving family with a deep commitment to social justice. His paternal grandfather stood as the first Labour candidate for Surbiton in the 1918 general election. His maternal grandfather ran a bakery and was reputed to have given bread to the starving children who came begging. During world War 2, his mother welcomed Jewish refugee children into their home. He attended Surbiton Grammar School before going to

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where he studied history under the notable scholar and pacifist Charles Raven. As a

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, he was a

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during the

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, agreeing to work on the land before completing his Masters. While training for ordination at Wescott House, Cambridge, he joined the Salvation Army relief team working in post-war Germany as a youth officer. Soon after his arrival, he met his wife Sybille in Wuppertal, when she stood in for his normal interpreter. They married in 1947.

Ordained ministry

Tony was made

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's Day 1947 (21 September) and ordained

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the

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following (26 September 1948) — both times by Bertram Simpson, Bishop of Southwark, at

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, and began his

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