Richard Fox Cartwright (10 November 191310 April 2009) was the

Anglican Bishop of Plymouth The Anglican Bishop of Plymouth is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the city of Plymouth in Devon; the See was erec ...

from 1972 to 1982. Cartwright was born son of George Frederick Cartwright (1874–1938),

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, vicar of

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from 1928 to 1938, Organising Secretary of the White Cross League from 1910 to 1915; he was educated at

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and

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. After he was deaconed (during

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1936 ) and priested (the following Advent ) — both times by

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, Bishop of Southwark, at

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, he was a

curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

at St Anselm's

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and then

priest in charge A priest in charge or priest-in-charge (previously also curate-in-charge) in the Church of England is a priest in charge of a parish who is not its incumbent. Such priests are not legally responsible for the churches and glebe, but simply hold a ...

Lower Kingswood Lower Kingswood is a village located in Surrey, just within the M25 motorway. It is between Kingswood, Surrey, Kingswood and Reigate, and is bisected by the A217 road, A217 dual carriageway. Neighbouring settlements include Tadworth and Chipstead ...

. He was then

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and

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before being ordained to the episcopate. He was consecrated on by

Michael Ramsey Arthur Michael Ramsey, Baron Ramsey of Canterbury, (14 November 1904 – 23 April 1988) was an English Anglican bishop and life peer. He served as the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury. He was appointed on 31 May 1961 and held the office until 1 ...

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, on 29 September 1972 at

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; in retirement he was an

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in the

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. He married Rosemary Magdalen (1919-2002), daughter of Lloyd's member Francis Evelyn Bray, of Woking, in 1947, and had a son and three daughters. A daughter, Jane, married Miranda (then Roger) Cunliffe Turner, son of Sir (Ronald) Mark Cunliffe Turner (1906-1980), chairman of BHS; their son is the musician

Frank Turner Francis Edward Turner (born 28 December 1981), is an English Punk rock, punk and Folk music, folk singer-songwriter from Meonstoke, Hampshire. He began his career as the vocalist of post-hardcore band Million Dead, then embarked upon a primar ...

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Obituary in the ''Church Times''
1913 births 2009 deaths People educated at The King's School, Canterbury Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge 20th-century Church of England bishops Anglican bishops of Plymouth {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub