John Macmillan (bishop)
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.
References
- ^ NPG details
- ^ Obituary- The Right Rev. J. V. Macmillan The Times Thursday, 16 Aug 1956; pg. 11; Issue 53611; col E
- ^ The Guildford Diocese Bishop Of Dover Appointed The Times Thursday, 4 Oct 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 Archived 11 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Baxter Bible
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- 1877 births
- People educated at Eton College
- Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
- Archdeacons of Maidstone
- Bishops of Dover, Kent
- Bishops of Guildford
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Holders of a Lambeth degree
- 20th-century Anglican bishops
- 1956 deaths
- World War I chaplains
- Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers