Frederic Sumpter Guy Warman (5 November 1872 – 12 February 1953) was an

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who held three separate

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appointments between 1919 and 1947. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' and

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and

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in 1896. After a

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at Leyton (1895–99) and Hastings (1899–1901), he was

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of St Aidan's College, Birkenhead. He was

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from 1902 to 1907; Principal of St Aidan's College, Birkenhead from 1907 to 1916 and

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from 1916 to 1919. He was elevated to the

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in 1919. After four years in

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he was

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in 1923 and six years later to

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. From 1910 to 1914 he was editor of ''

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'' jointly with Dr

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, professor of Biblical Exegesis at Durham University. He retired in 1947''Resignation Of Bishop Of Manchester''

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Wednesday, 1 Jan 1947; pg. 4; Issue 50647; col A and died six years later. He had married Gertrude, the daughter of surveyor Norwood Earle, and had two sons. His son, Francis Frederic Guy, was later

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1872 births People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford Bishops of Chelmsford Bishops of Truro Bishops of Manchester 1953 deaths 20th-century Church of England bishops {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub