Arthur Alston
Arthur Fawssett Alston (30 December 1872 – 20 February 1954)[1] was an Anglican bishop, the third Bishop of Middleton (a suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of Manchester) from 1938 until 1943.[2]
Arthur Alston | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Middleton | |
Alston in January 1932 | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Manchester |
| In office | 1938–1943 |
| Predecessor | Cecil Wilson |
| Successor | Edward Mowll |
| Other post(s) | Archdeacon of Hastings (1928–1938) Canon Residentiary of Manchester Cathedral (1938–1943) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1896 (deacon); 1897 (priest) |
| Consecration | 1938 by William Temple |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 December 1872 Sandgate, Kent, UK |
| Died | 20 February 1954 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Children | 2 sons; 3 daughters |
| Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge |
Born at Sandgate, Kent, the third son of William Evelyn Alston, an army medic[3] and Elizabeth Rouse Alston (nee Fitzgerald),[4] from Sydney,[1] Alston was educated at Clare College, Cambridge (admitted 7 July 1891, matriculated that Michaelmas, graduated Bachelor of Arts {BA} 1894 and proceeded Cambridge Master of Arts {MA Cantab} 1898). He trained for the ministry at Ridley Hall, was ordained a deacon in 1896 and a priest in Peterborough in 1897.[3]
For eleven years following ordination, he served curacies: at St Katherine, Northampton (1896–1898); at Faringdon (1898–1905); and at St Simon's, Southsea (1905–1907). While in Farington, he married in 1900, and had three sons and two daughters[1] — one of those sons, Rex Alston, became a famous cricket commentator. He then held three Yorkshire incumbencies for thirteen years in succession: Vicar of St Matthew's, Hull (1907–1915); of St George's, Leeds (1915–1917[3]/18);[1] and of All Saints', Bradford (1918–1920).[3]
Moving to Sussex in 1920, Alston became Rector of St Leonards-on-Sea, becoming additionally Rural Dean of Hastings in 1926 and Archdeacon of Hastings in 1928; he resigned the rectory and rural-deanery in 1929, remaining archdeacon.[1] He was elected a Proctor in Convocation that year, serving until 1934;[3] he ceased to be Archdeacon of Hastings when in 1938 he moved to Lancashire to become Bishop of Middleton and a Canon Residentiary of Manchester Cathedral, in which posts he remained until his retirement in 1943.[1] He was consecrated a bishop on St Matthias' day (24 February) 1938, by William Temple, Archbishop of York, at York Minster.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f "Alston, Arthur Fawssett". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 21 March 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ The Times, Monday, 2 August 1943; p. 6; Issue 49613; col C. Ecclesiastical News Suffragan Bishop Of Middleton to retire
- ^ a b c d e "Alston, Arthur Fawssett (ALSN891AF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Elizabeth Rouse Alston". Geni. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ "Two bishops consecrated". Church Times. No. 3919. 4 March 1938. p. 261. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 21 March 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.