Staunton Batty

Basil Staunton Batty OBE (called Staunton;[a] 12 May 1873 – 19 March 1952) was an Anglican suffragan bishop in the 20th century.[4]

Batty was born into an ecclesiastical family on 12 May 1873: his father, William Edmund Batty, was Vicar of St John's, Walham Green.[5] After education at St Paul's and Selwyn College, Cambridge,[5] Batty began his ordained ministry[6] as a curate at St Clement's, York.[7] He was made deacon at Michaelmas 1896 (27 September)[8] and ordained priest in Advent 1897 — both times by William Maclagan, Archbishop of York, at York Minister.[9]

Following this he was Vicar of Medmenham, then Rector of South Hackney. Further incumbencies followed at St Gabriel's, Warwick Square,[10] and Christ Church, Mayfair.[11] He was also Rector of St Anne and St Agnes, Gresham Street.[4] In 1926 he was ordained to the episcopate as the first Bishop of Fulham,[12] a post he was to hold until 1947. A noted Europhile,[13] he died on 19 March 1952.[14]

Notes

1. While Bishop of Fulham, Batty signed himself "Staunton Fulham",[1][2][3] the traditional way for serving bishops to sign: given name and See.

References

1. "Report on our own people overseas". Church Times. No. 3361. 24 June 1927. p. 741. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 23 January 2025 – via UK Press Online archives.
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4. Who was Who 1897-1990, London, A & C Black, 1991. ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
5. "Batty, Basil Staunton (BTY891BS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
6. The Times, Monday, Sep 28, 1896; pg. 9; Issue 35007; col F Ordinations. York.
7. "St Clement's York website". Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2008.
8. "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 1758. 2 October 1896. p. 322. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 23 January 2025 – via UK Press Online archives.
9. "The Advent Ordinations". Church Times. No. 1822. 23 December 1897. p. 751. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 23 January 2025 – via UK Press Online archives.
10. Church details
11. "Worship details". Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2008.
12. The Times, 20 March 1952; pg. 6; Issue 52265; col D, Bishop B.S. Batty First Bishop Of Fulham
13. Papers within The national Archive
14. Obituary Bishop B.S. Batty First Bishop Of Fulham, The Times, 20 March 1952; pg. 6; Issue 52265; col D

External links

• Portraits of Basil Staunton Batty at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Church of England titles
New title	Bishop of Fulham 1926 – 1947	Succeeded by William Selwyn