David Manton
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1936|7|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sydney Australia
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| education = Newington College
San Francisco Theological Seminary
| occupation = Retired Uniting Church in Australia minister
Former Moderator of the New South Wales Synod of the UCA
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| spouse = Frances Evelyn (Jones) Manton
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Edwin David Manton {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 5 July 1936) is a retired Australian minister and former Moderator of the New South Wales Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia.
Early life
Manton was born in Sydney, the third son of Edwin Spencer Manton (b. 1899 - d.1951)Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 125 and his second wife, Eleanor Elizabeth (Nell) Hunt. He attended Newington College (1949-1953) the school founded by his great-grandfather Rev John Manton and attended by his father and maternal grandfather, Richard Hunt (b. 1852 - d.1929).{{Cite web |url=http://www.philiphunt.com/Hunt%20Tree-o/p2.htm#i67 |title=Hunt-Beeston Family Tree |access-date=2009-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091223070920/http://www.philiphunt.com/Hunt%20Tree-o/p2.htm#i67 |archive-date=2009-12-23 |url-status=dead }}
Clerical life
Manton was a minister in rural and city congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, and Uniting Church, and served on the Board of Missions as associate secretary for home and inland missions in NSW. Manton was awarded his doctorate in ministry from the San Francisco Theological Seminary.
Appointments
- Newington College Council (since 1984){{Cite web |url=http://www.newingtoncollege.nsw.edu.au/public/About/AnnualReport/AR06.pdf |title=2006 Annual Report Newington College |access-date=2009-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090915145850/http://newingtoncollege.nsw.edu.au/public/About/AnnualReport/AR06.pdf |archive-date=2009-09-15 |url-status=dead }}
Honours
- Medal of the Order of Australia (2005) - For service to the community through a range of ministries within the Uniting Church in Australia.[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1136240 It's an Honour]
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Category:People educated at Newington College