Nathaniel Newnham Davis (bishop)

For the lieutenant-colonel, see Nathaniel Newnham-Davis (journalist).
This British surname is barrelled, being made up of multiple names. It should be written as Newnham Davis, not Davis.

Nathaniel William Newnham Davis (17 July 1903 – 28 July 1966) was a Colonial Anglican Bishop[1] in the mid 20th century.

He was born on 17 July 1903 and educated at Harrow and Merton College, Oxford.[2][3] After a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon he was ordained in 1927 and began his career as a curate of Church of Holy Spirit, Beeston Hill. From 1931 he was Rector of St Anne, Sandy Point in St Kitts[3][4] and then the island's Archdeacon. He was elevated to the episcopate as Bishop of Antigua in 1944 and resigned in 1952.[3] He was an Assistant Bishop of Coventry from then until 1959 and then Warden of the United Westminster Almshouses[3] until his death on 28 July 1966.[5]

  1. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts
  2. ^ "Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. ^ a b c d Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 143.
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940–41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  5. ^ Obituary Rt. Rev. N. W. Newnham Davis The Times Monday, 1 Aug 1966; p. 12; Issue 56698; col G