David Cartwright

{{Short description|Anglican Bishop of Southampton (1920–1997)}}

{{for|the oceanographer|David Edgar Cartwright}}

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{{Infobox Christian leader

| honorific-prefix = The Rt Revd

| name = David Cartwright

| honorific-suffix = MA(Cantab)

| title = Bishop of Southampton

| image = Cartwright's memorial at Sparsholt.jpg

| caption = Cartwright's memorial at St Stephen's Sparsholt.

| diocese = Diocese of Winchester

| term = 1984–1989

| predecessor = John Cavell

| successor = John Perry

| other_post = Archdeacon of Winchester (1973–1984)

| ordination = 1943 (deacon); 1944 (priest)

| consecration = 1984

| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|7|15|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|4|24|1920|7|15|df=y}}

| religion = Anglican

| parents = John Edward Cartwright & Gertrude Lusby

| spouse = Elsie Rogers (m. 1946)

| children = 1 son; 2 daughters

| occupation =

| profession =

| alma_mater = Selwyn College, Cambridge

}}

Edward David Cartwright (15 July 1920 – 24 April 1997) was the tenth Suffragan Bishop of Southampton.‘CARTWRIGHT, Rt Rev. (Edward) David’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U177427], accessed 9 July 2012

Cartwright was educated at Lincoln Grammar School and Selwyn College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1944,Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} he began his career with a curacy in Boston, Lincolnshire and was then Vicar of St Leonard's, Redfield, Bristol.[https://web.archive.org/web/20021008023911/http://www.geocities.com/churchcrawler/bristol/redfield.htm Photo of church] After that he held further incumbencies at Olveston, Bishopston and Sparsholt and was then Archdeacon of Winchester before appointment to the episcopate, a post he held from 1984The Times Wednesday, May 09, 1984; pg. 16; Issue 61826; col G Church news New bishop appointed until 1989.