Alwyn Williams (bishop)
{{Short description|English bishop}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| name = Alwyn Williams
| honorific_prefix = The Right Reverend
| title = Bishop of Winchester
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| church = Church of England
| diocese = Winchester
| term = 1952–1961
| predecessor = Mervyn Haigh
| successor = Falkner Allison
| other_post = Headmaster of Winchester College {{nowrap|(1924–1934)}}
Dean of Christ Church {{nowrap|(1934–1939)}}
Bishop of Durham {{nowrap|(1939–1952)}}
| ordination = 21 December 1913 (deacon); 20 December 1914 (priest)
| ordained_by = Charles Gore, Bishop of Oxford
| consecration = 25 March 1939
| consecrated_by = William Temple, Archbishop of York
| birth_date = {{birth date|1888|7|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1968|2|18|1888|7|20|df=y}}
| death_place = Charmouth, Dorset, England
| buried = Winchester Cathedral
| nationality = English
| religion = Anglican
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| parents = John Williams & Adeline {{nowrap|née Peter}}
| spouse = Margaret {{nowrap|née Stewart}} {{nowrap|(m. 1914;}} {{nowrap|she d. 1958)}}
| occupation =
| profession = cleric, headteacher
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| alma_mater = Jesus College, Oxford
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Alwyn Terrell Petre Williams (20 July 1888{{snd}}18 February 1968){{Who's Who | title=Williams, Alwyn Terrell Petre | id = U47511 | type = was | volume = 1920–2016 | edition = April 2014 online | access-date = 8 January 2017 }} was Bishop of Durham (1939–1952)The Times, Monday, 6 February 1939; p. 15; Issue 48222; col G Ecclesiastical News The New Bishop of Durham and then Bishop of Winchester (1952–1961).The Times, Saturday, 28 January 1961; p. 6; Issue 54991; col E Bishop To Resign Dr. Williams Leaving Winchester
Family and education
Born the eldest son of John (a physician) and Adeline (née Peter) Williams, at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire,{{Cite ODNB|id=36914|title=Williams, Alwyn Terrell Petre}} he was educated at Rossall School and then went up to Jesus College, Oxford, where he had a remarkable career. He was a Scholar of his college and took a Triple First in Classical Moderations (1908), Greats (1910), and Modern History (1911), having won the Gladstone Historical Essay in 1909. He was elected a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, for the period 1911–1918. Williams married Margaret, née Stewart, of Perthshire, on 23 August 1914; they had no children, and she died in 1958.
Career
He was ordained deacon on St Thomas's day (21 December) 1913{{Church Times | title = The Advent Ordinations | archive = 1913_12_24_896 | issue = 2657 | date = 24 December 1913 | page = 896 | accessed = 10 January 2017 }} and priest on 20 December 1914{{Church Times | title = Advent Ordinations | archive = 1914_12_24_668 | issue = 2709 | date = 24 December 1914 | page = 668 | accessed = 10 January 2017 }}—both times by Charles Gore, Bishop of Oxford, at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford—and soon moved to Winchester College, where he was Assistant Master (1915–1916), Second Master (1916–1924), and Headmaster (1924–1934), having meanwhile been appointed an Honorary Canon of Winchester Cathedral in 1928 and Chaplain to George V in 1931, both of which he gave up in 1934, when he was appointed Dean of Christ Church.
He remained there until 1939, when he was appointed to the episcopate, first as Bishop of Durham (1939–1952) and then as Bishop of Winchester and Prelate to the Order of the Garter (1952–1961). He was ordained (consecrated) a bishop on Lady Day (25 March) 1939, by William Temple, Archbishop of York, in York Minster;{{Church Times | title = The Bishop of Durham's consecration. | archive = 1939_03_31_338 | issue = 3975 | date = 31 March 1939 | page = 338 | accessed = 10 January 2017 }} his nomination to Winchester was announced on 14 March 1952.{{Church Times | title = Bishopric of Winchester – Dr. Williams nominated | archive = 1952_03_14_181 | issue = 4649 | date = 14 March 1952 | page = 181 | accessed = 13 January 2017 }} He was also the Chairman of the committee that eventually produced the New English Bible (1950–1961). An unobtrusive but much respected cleric,A. T. P. Williams Former Bishop of Winchester (Obituaries) The Times Tuesday, 20 February 1968; p. 10; Issue 57180; col E he retired to Charmouth, Dorset, and died at home there seven years later,{{Church Times | title = in memoriam — Bishop Alwyn Williams: Durham & Winchester | archive = 1968_02_23_015 | issue = 5480 | date = 23 February 1968 | page = 15 | accessed = 13 January 2017 }} his funeral service being at Winchester Cathedral.The Times, Friday, 23 February 1968; p. 10; Issue 57183; col D He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD) several times over—from Oxford in 1925, Durham and St Andrews in 1939, and Glasgow in 1951—and a Doctor of Letters (DLitt) from Southampton in 1962.
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