Richard Fox Cartwright (10 November 1913 – 10 April 2009) was the Anglican Bishop of Plymouth from 1972 to 1982.[ 1] [ 2]
Cartwright was born [ 3] son of George Frederick Cartwright (1874–1938), M.A. , vicar of Plumstead from 1928 to 1938, Organising Secretary of the White Cross League from 1910 to 1915;[ 4] [ 5] he was educated at The King's School, Canterbury and Pembroke College, Cambridge . After he was deaconed (during Advent 1936 {19 December})[ 6] and priested (the following Advent {18 December 1937}) — both times by Richard Parsons , Bishop of Southwark , at Southwark Cathedral ,[ 7] he was a curate at St Anselm's Kennington Cross [ 8] and then priest in charge of Lower Kingswood . He was then Vicar of Surbiton , Redcliffe, Bristol [ 9] and Silverton, Devon before being ordained to the episcopate. He was consecrated on by Michael Ramsey , Archbishop of Canterbury , on 29 September 1972 at Westminster Abbey ;[ 10] in retirement he was an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Truro .[ 11]
He married Rosemary Magdalen (1919-2002), daughter of Lloyd's member Francis Evelyn Bray, of Woking,[ 12] in 1947, and had a son and three daughters.[ 13] 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 Frank Turner .[ 14] [ 15]
Notes
^ "New Bishop of Plymouth", The Times , 11 May 1972, p. 18.
^ Crockford's Online - accessed 27 December 2008
^ Who’s Who 2008 (London, A & C Black , 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
^ Alumni Cantabrigienses, Volume 2: From 1752 to 1900, Part 1: Abbey-Challis, ed. John Venn, J. A. Venn, Cambridge University Press, 2011, p. 531
^ "The Right Rev Richard Cartwright: Bishop of Plymouth" .
^ "Advent ordinations" . Church Times . No. 3857. 24 December 1936. p. 748. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 9 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ "Advent ordinations" . Church Times . No. 3909. 23 December 1937. p. 727. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 9 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ Church details (Archived )
^ The Times , 4 October 1951, p. 8, "Ecclesiastical News"
^ "picture caption" . Church Times . No. 5721. 6 October 1972. p. 3. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 9 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ The Times , 29 July 1982, p. 12, "Church news Appointments"
^ Girton College Register: 1869-1946, privately printed for Girton College, 1948, p. 537
^ "Obituary: THE RT REVD RICHARD CARTWRIGHT" .
^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. 3, p. 4027
^ "The Right Rev Richard Cartwright: Bishop of Plymouth" .
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