Neville Vincent Gorton (1 March 1888 – 30 November 1955) was the 4th bishop of the restored

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of Coventry in the modern era. Gorton was born on 1 March 1888, the son of

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C. V. Gorton, and educated at

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and

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, where he was an

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and Aubrey Moore student. Gorton was a career school-master who after taking holy orders spent 20 years at

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, during which time he married Ethel Ingledew Daggett, with whom he had two sons (including the production designer

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) and one daughter rising to the rank of housemaster. He was then appointed head of

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where he was to remain until the call to face the challenges of a severely bombed diocese. A passionate advocate of Christian Unity, Gorton's vision was for a “People’s cathedral”. Gorton himself was a curious mixture of conventional (he passionately opposed the remarriage of divorced people in church) and lateral thinker – his wide experience with boys gave him a very realistic view of “sin”. A master of the short, pithy sermon, he was a much admired churchman. He died in office on 30 November 1955 aged 67.The Cathedral Church of St. Michael and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Coventry. Order of service for the burial of Neville Vincent Gorton ... Bishop of Coventry; Monday, 5 December 1955, at 12 noon.

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1888 births 1955 deaths Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Bishops of Coventry People educated at Marlborough College 20th-century Church of England bishops Heads of Blundell's School {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub