Walter Godfrey Whittingham (5 October 1861 – 17 June 1941) was a

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Education

Whittingham was educated at the

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and

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Career

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in 1886, Whittingham began his career with curacies at

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and St Thomas the Apostle's,

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. He subsequently held incumbencies at

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and Glaston, Rutland. He was

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from 1918 to 1923 when he was ordained to the

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as the third

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, a post he held for 17 years. He was consecrated bishop at

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on 1 November 1923, by

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;

Death

Whittingham died on 17 June 1941.''Obituary Dr W.G. Whittingham''

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Thursday, Jun 19, 1941; pg. 7; Issue 48956; col E

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1861 births People educated at the City of London School Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge Archdeacons of Oakham 20th-century Church of England bishops Bishops of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich 1941 deaths {{churchofEngland-bishop-stub