John Macmillan
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John Victor Macmillan, OBE, DD[1] (1877-1956[2]) was the fifth Bishop of Dover in the modern era[3][4] who was later translated to Guildford.[5] Born into a publishing family[6] and educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford, he began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Farnham and was successively Resident Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, a Chaplain to the Forces during World War I, Vicar of Kew and then Archdeacon of Maidstone before his elevation to the episcopate.
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- ^ NPG details
- ^ Obituary- The Right Rev. J. V. Macmillan The Times Thursday, Aug 16, 1956; pg. 11; Issue 53611; col E
- ^ The Guildford Diocese Bishop Of Dover Appointed The Times Thursday, Oct 04, 1934; pg. 12; Issue 46876; col F
- ^ ”Who was Who 1897-1990” London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ Window on Woking
- ^ The Baxter Bible
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| Preceded by Harold Ernest Bilbrough |
Bishop of Dover 1927 – 1934 |
Succeeded by Alfred Carey Wollaston Rose |
| Preceded by John Harold Greig |
Bishop of Guildford 1934 – 1949 |
Succeeded by Henry Colville Montgomery Campbell |
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