John Randolph (bishop of Guildford)

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

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]

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

  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


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