George Wilkinson (bishop)

George Howard Wilkinson (1 May 1833 – 11 December 1907) was Bishop of Truro 1883-1891 and then of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane 1893–1907.^[1] He was Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church from 1904,^[2] until his death.

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Bishop Wilkinson as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, December 1885

The Most Reverend George Wilkinson
Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
Church	Scottish Episcopal Church
Diocese	St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
In office	1893–1907 (Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane) 1904–1907 (Primus)
Predecessor	Charles Wordsworth
Successor	Charles Edward Plumb
Orders
Ordination	1858
Consecration	25 April 1883 by Edward White Benson
Personal details
Born	(1833-05-01)1 May 1833 Durham, England
Died	11 December 1907(1907-12-11) (aged 74) Edinburgh, Scotland
Buried	Brompton cemetery
Denomination	Anglicanism
Parents	George Wilkinson & Mary Howard
Spouse	Caroline Charlotte
Children	8
Alma mater	Oriel College, Oxford
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Life

Wilkinson was born on 1 May 1833 and educated at Durham School and Oriel College, Oxford.^[3] He embarked on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Kensington after which he held incumbencies at Seaham Harbour, Auckland, Soho and Eaton Square, a parish in a wealthy part of London,^[4] before elevation to the episcopate in 1883.^[5][6]

The founder of the Community of the Epiphany (1883),^[7] he died on 11 December 1907.^[8]

Family

Wilkinson married, on 14 July 1857, Caroline Charlotte Des Vœux, daughter of lieutenant-colonel Benfield Des Vœux, fourth son of Sir Charles Des Vœux, 1st Baronet; she died on 6 September 1877. They had three sons and five daughters,^[9] including Reverend G. G. Wilkinson, and eldest daughter Constance Charlotte Mary Wilkinson, who married in 1902 Reverend Arthur Edward Davies, Chaplain to her father.^[10]