Richard Fox Cartwright (10 November 191310 April 2009) was the Anglican Bishop of Plymouth from 1972 to 1982. Cartwright was born son of George Frederick Cartwright (1874–1938), M.A., vicar of

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from 1928 to 1938, Organising Secretary of the White Cross League from 1910 to 1915; he was educated at

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and

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. After he was deaconed (during

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1936 ) and priested (the following Advent ) — both times by Richard Parsons, Bishop of Southwark, at

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, he was a

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at St Anselm's Kennington Cross and then

priest in charge A priest in charge or priest-in-charge (previously also curate-in-charge) in the Church of England is a priest in charge of a parish who is not its incumbent; they will normally work on a short-term contract and have less freedom to act within the ...

of Lower Kingswood. He was then

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Surbiton Surbiton is a suburban neighbourhood in South West London, within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK). It is next to the River Thames, southwest of Charing Cross. Surbiton was in the Historic counties of England, historic county of ...

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and

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before being ordained to the episcopate. He was consecrated on by

Michael Ramsey Arthur Michael Ramsey, Baron Ramsey of Canterbury (14 November 1904 – 23 April 1988), was a British Anglican bishop and life peer. He served as the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England. He was appointed on 31 May 1961 and ...

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, on 29 September 1972 at

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; in retirement he was an

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in the

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. He married Rosemary Magdalen (1919-2002), daughter of Lloyd's member Francis Evelyn Bray, of Woking, in 1947, and had a son and three daughters. A daughter, Jane, married Miranda (then Roger) Cunliffe Turner, son of Sir (Ronald) Mark Cunliffe Turner (1906-1980), chairman of BHS; their son is the musician

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Obituary in the ''Church Times''
1913 births 2009 deaths People educated at The King's School, Canterbury Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge 20th-century Church of England bishops Anglican bishops of Plymouth {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub