George Edmund Reindorp (11 December 1911– 20 April 1990) was an Anglican

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. He was the 5th

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in the

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and subsequently the 75th

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.'' Reindorp was educated at

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and

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. After a

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in Kensington and wartime service in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve his ministry positions included the

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of St Stephen's with St John's, Westminster and Provost of

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before his consecration to the

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. On

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1961 (25 March) at

, he was consecrated a bishop by

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, Archbishop of Canterbury, to serve as Bishop of Guildford. In 1973, he was installed as the Bishop of Salisbury. One of his first actions was summarily to determine (without interview) the licences of eight clergy who were either divorced and remarried or married to a spouse who had been previously divorced. Reindorp married a South African doctor qualified in surgery, Alix Edington, in South Africa following the end of the Second World War. The Reindorps gained a reputation as public speakers on the British

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. Their clerical and medical backgrounds earned the couple the nickname " Body and Soul". Reindorp had four children with Alix. Two of his sons,

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and Julian, have been ordained in the Church of England. Reindorp's only daughter, Fiona, married Baronet Sir Richard Baskerville Mynors. Reindorp's youngest son, Richard, became a teacher in the East End of London before moving into the Civil Service. After the death of his first wife in 1987, Reindorp married Lady Bridget Mullens (30 March 1918–25 January 1991). The service was conducted by his eldest son, Julian. A prolific author and broadcasterDetails of 1973 series
/ref> he died in retirement three years after his first wife Alix. Reindorp has 10 surviving grandchildren, the eldest of whom, Nicola Reindorp, is the head of

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in the United States. A biography of Reindorp was written but not published in full. Parts of his life were edited and published in a shortened form. This was privately circulated and focussed mainly on his time as a parish priest. He was mainly remembered for his sense of humour and sermons built around three key words, e.g. "launch", "nevertheless", "partners". For many years in Guildford, Surrey, he had a school named after him. In 2003 Bishop Reindorp Secondary school was demolished and a new building built in its place, Christ's College, Guildford, as a "Christian college".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Reindorp, George Edmund 1911 births People educated at Felsted School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II Bishops of Guildford Bishops of Salisbury 20th-century Church of England bishops 1990 deaths Holders of a Lambeth degree Provosts and Deans of Southwark