George Kennion
bishop
George Wyndham Kennion, DD (5 September 1845 – 19 May 1922) was the Anglican Bishop of Adelaide, and later Bishop of Bath and Wells.
Birth and education
George Wyndham Kennion was born at Harrogate, England, on 5 September 1845 to George Kennion and Catherine, daughter of J. F. Fordyce.
Bishop of Bath and Wells
In 1894 Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery called him to the bishopric of Bath and Wells. He was translated (legally taking up his new See) by the confirmation of his election on 17 October 1894 at St Mary-le-Bow.
He was lecturer in pastoral theology at Cambridge University in 1899 and Ramsden preacher in 1901. In June 1901, he received an honorary doctorate in Divinity from the University of Glasgow.
During the First World War, Kennion was not among the leading bishops preaching condemnation of Germany. He tended to encourage practical initiatives in his diocese, supporting recruitment of clergy to the Chaplaincies, naming clerical families and describing their activities in the War including recognition of individual gallantry awards, and promoting women volunteers to work in agriculture. He pressed his clergy to support wounded soldiers and sailors, using a 200-year-old adage.
"Let it not happen here", Kennion added, but in the 1920s and 1930s it did happen.
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