(David) Colin Dunlop (31 July 1897 – 23 February 1968) was an

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bishop in the 20th century. Educated at Radley and

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, he was ordained after wartime service. He enlisted in 1915 as ‘Medically A1’ and served with the 3rd Buffs in France. He was a lieutenant when he relinquished command to attend New College. His first post was as a

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at St Mary, Primrose Hill, after which he became

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to George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, and Chaplain at

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. Appointed Vicar of St Thomas Hove and then

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, in 1940 he became Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh before elevation to the episcopate as

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(and Archdeacon of Auckland) five years later. In 1949 he became Dean of Lincoln, a post he held until he retired in November 1964. Early in 1950, he was also appointed an Assistant Bishop of Lincoln; which post he retained til his 1964 retirement from the Deanery. In 1955 he was appointed the first chair of the Liturgical Commission of the Church of England. There is a description of him during his time in Jarrow ‘In appearance, he was a striking character, good looking and unusual in the gift of preaching a sermon in the grand manner of a former age’.'Memories' by CHG Hopkins,D Brown and Son,p42

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1897 births People educated at Radley College Alumni of New College, Oxford Provosts of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal) Bishops of Jarrow Archdeacons of Auckland Deans of Lincoln 20th-century Church of England bishops 1968 deaths Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) officers British Army personnel of World War I {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub