Edgar Charles Sumner Gibson (23 January 1848,
Fawley, Hampshire
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, England - 8 March 1924,
Fareham
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) was the 31st
Bishop of Gloucester
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The diocese covers the County of Gloucestershire and part of the County of Worcestershire. The see's centre of governan ...
. He was born into a clerical family. His father was a clergyman and his son
Theodore Sumner Gibson
Theodore Sumner Gibson (1885–1953) was the second Anglican Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman and subsequently the fifth Bishop of St John's from (collectively) 1928 until 1951.
Early life
Born into a clerical family he was educated at ...
was a long serving Bishop in two South African Dioceses. He was educated at
Charterhouse
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* The Charterhouse, Coventry, a former monastery
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Londo ...
and
Trinity College, Oxford
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, sister_college = Churchill College, Cambridge
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.
Ordained
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in 1872, his first post was as
Chaplain
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at
Wells Theological College
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, rising to Vice Principal in 1875. His next post was as
principal of
Leeds Clergy School
Leeds Clergy School was a theological college of the Church of England which was founded in 1876 and closed in 1925. It was established by the Rev. John Gott, Vicar of Leeds and later Bishop of Truro, with the first principal being E C S Gibson, ...
and he later became
Rural Dean
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of
the area and Vicar of
Leeds Parish Church.
He was appointed an
Honorary Chaplain to
Queen Victoria
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in early January 1901.
In 1905 he was elevated to the
episcopate
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
where he remained until his death 19 years later.
His obituary in ''
The Times
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'' noted that, "
was an administrator and organizer of remarkable grasp and distinction
[The Times, Monday, Mar 10, 1924; p. 18; Issue 43596; col B Bishop Gibson. Scholar And Organizer Obituary]".
Family
Gibson was born at
Fawley, near
Southampton
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,
to William Gibson (1804-1862),
Rector
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of Fawley,
[rev-william-gibson.co.uk – the genealogy associated with Reverend William Gibson 1804-1862](_blank)
/ref> and Louisanna Sumner (1817-1899), who had a total of 11 children:
*Ella Sophia Gibson (1838-1928)
*Emily Louisa Gibson (1840-1887)
*Ada Frances Gibson (1841-1845)
*Edith Harriet Gibson (1842-1922)
* Arthur Sumner Gibson (1844-1927), a rugby union
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international, who played in the first international match in 1871
*Herbert William Sumner Gibson (1846-1923), naval
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officer
*Edgar Charles Sumner Gibson (1848-1924)
*Walter Sumner Gibson (1849-1918), academic reader at Oxford University Press
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, and uncle (by marriage) of the actor Laurence Olivier
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*Rosa Fanny Gibson (1850-1904)
*Florence Jennie Gibson (1853-1911)
* Alan George Sumner Gibson (1856-1922), coadjutor bishop of Cape Town
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Gibson's father had previously been married to Eliza Maria Sumner (1808-1836), by whom he had two children:
*Marianne ('May') Gibson (1832-1845)
* John Sumner Gibson (1833-1892), priest and cricketer
Gibson's father's wives were first cousins: Eliza Maria Sumner was the daughter of John Bird Sumner
John Bird Sumner (25 February 1780 – 6 September 1862) was a bishop in the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury.
Early life
John Bird Sumner was born in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, on 25 February 1780. He was the eldest son of the R ...
, Archbishop of Canterbury (1848-1862), and Louisanna Sumner's father was Charles Richard Sumner
Charles Richard Sumner (22 November 179015 August 1874) was a Church of England bishop.
Life
Charles Sumner was a brother of John Bird Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury. Their father was Robert Sumner and their mother was Hannah Bird, a first co ...
(1790-1874), who served as Bishop of Llandaff
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Area of authority
The diocese covers most of the County of Glamorgan. The bishop's seat is in the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (the site of ...
(1826-1827) and Bishop of Winchester (1827–1868).
Written works
*''Northumbrian Saints'' (1884)
*''Self-discipline'' (1894)
*''Commentary on the Book of Job'' (1898)
*''The Old Testament in The New'' (1904)
''The Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England'' (1908)
References
External links
*
Bibliographic directory
from Project Canterbury
*
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1848 births
People educated at Charterhouse School
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1924 deaths
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English footballers
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