Alwyn Williams (bishop)
| Alwyn Williams | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Winchester | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Winchester |
| In office | 1952–1961 |
| Predecessor | Mervyn Haigh |
| Successor | Falkner Allison |
| Other posts | Headmaster of Winchester College (1924–1934) Dean of Christ Church (1934–1939) Bishop of Durham (1939–1952) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1913 (deacon); 1914 (priest) by Charles Gore |
| Consecration | 1969 by William Temple |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 July 1888 Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
| Died | 18 February 1968 (aged 79) Charmouth, Dorset, UK |
| Buried | Winchester Cathedral |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | John Williams & Adeline née Peter |
| Spouse | Margaret née Stewart (m. 1914; she d. 1958) |
| Profession | headteacher |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Oxford |
Alwyn Terrell Petre Williams (20 July 1888 – 18 February 1968) was Bishop of Durham (1939–1952) and then Bishop of Winchester (1952–1961).
Born the eldest son of John (a physician) and Adeline (née Peter) Williams, at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, he was educated at Rossall School and then went up to Jesus College, Oxford, where he had a remarkable career. He was a Scholar of his college and took a Triple First in Classical Moderations (1908), Greats (1910), and Modern History (1911), having won the Gladstone Historical Essay in 1909. He was elected a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford for the period 1911–1918. Williams married Margaret, née Stewart, of Perthshire, on 23 August 1914; they had no children, and she died in 1958.
He was ordained deacon on St Thomas' day (21 December) 1913 and priest on 20 December 1914 — both times by Charles Gore, Bishop of Oxford, at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford — and soon moved to Winchester College, where he was Assistant Master (1915–1916), Second Master (1916–1924), and Headmaster (1924–1934), having meanwhile been appointed an Honorary Canon of Winchester Cathedral in 1928 and Chaplain to George V in 1931, both of which he gave up in 1934, when he was then appointed Dean of Christ Church.
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