Wentworth Wentworth-Sheilds

Wentworth Wentworth-Sheilds
Born	Wentworth Francis Sheilds (1867-04-02)2 April 1867 Lewisham, London
Died	13 September 1944(1944-09-13) (aged 77) London, England
Spouse	Annie Carpenter (1902–1927)[1]
Parent(s)	Francis Webb Sheilds, Adelaide Baker
Relatives	Francis Wentworth-Sheilds (brother) William Boyd Carpenter (father-in-law)

The Rt. Rev. Wentworth Francis Wentworth-Sheilds (also spelt Shields; 2 April 1867 – 13 September 1944) was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.[2]

He was born in 1867, the eldest of two sons of engineer Francis Webb Sheilds and Adelaide Baker. Francis Wentworth-Sheilds was his younger brother. The family added the surname Wentworth in 1877. He was educated at St Paul's School in London and London University.[3] Ordained in 1899,[4] he began his ordained ministry with curacies at St John the Baptist's Plumstead and St George's, Bloomsbury, England.

Shortly after his marriage in April 1902, he sailed to Australia where he was initially Precentor of St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn and then Archdeacon of Wagga Wagga. Later he was Warden of Bishop's College, Goulburn, then Rector of St James', King Street, Sydney (1910-16)[5] and then, later, the second Bishop of Armidale,[6][7] a post he held for 13 years (1916-1929).

On his return to England he was Warden of St Deiniol's Library, Hawarden.[8] He died on 12 September 1944.[9][10][11]

Family

He married at the Palace chapel, Ripon, on 3 April 1902, Annie Carpenter, the daughter of William Boyd Carpenter, Bishop of Ripon, who officiated during the ceremony.[12][13]

References

1. "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 27, 860. 21 April 1927. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
2. Lamb, Paul (1993). Wentworth Francis Wentworth-Sheilds, Bishop of Armidale, 1916-1929. Armidale Diocesan Council. ISBN 978-0-646-13916-6.
3. Who was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
4. Ordinations. Rochester The Times Tuesday, Dec 26, 1899; pg. 5; Issue 36022; col D
5. "Goulburn Evening Penny Post: "Rev W.F. Went worth Sheilds", 26 November 1910, p 4, via Trove". Retrieved 22 March 2021.
6. "BISHOP OF ARMIDALE". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 23 September 1916. p. 20.
7. The former Diocese of Grafton and Armidale was split in 1914: Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975/76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISN 0108153674
8. "Family Record". Burke's Peerage and Gentry. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
9. "PERSONAL". Kalgoorlie Miner. National Library of Australia. 14 September 1944. p. 2.
10. The Times, Thursday, Sep 14, 1944; pg. 7; Issue 49957/2; col E Dr. W. F. Wentworthsheilds Former Bishop Of Armidale
11. "FORMER BISHOP OF ARMIDALE DIES". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 14 September 1944. p. 3.
12. "Court News". The Times. No. 36733. London. 4 April 1902. p. 7.
13. Cable, K. J. "Wentworth-Shields, Wentworth Francis (1867–1944)" (published in hardcopy 1990). Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 1 July 2014.

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Preceded by Henry Edward Cooper	Bishop of Armidale 1916– 1929	Succeeded by John Stoward Moyes