George Clarkson

George William Clarkson (11 December 1897 – 15 August 1977) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century.^[1]

Clarkson was educated at New College, Oxford and ordained in 1927. He was then successively a curate in Wigan, Vicar of Aspull, Sub Dean of St Albans Cathedral (and Rural Dean of Dunstable) before his ordination to the episcopate as the fourth Bishop of Pontefract with the additional title of Archdeacon of Pontefract.^[2] In 1961, in controversial circumstances not of his own making, he became Dean of Guildford, a position he held for seven years. In retirement he continued to serve as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Lincoln until his death.

References

↑ "Handbook of British Chronology" Fryde, E.B; Greenway, D.E; Porter,S; Roy,I Cambridge, CUP,1996 ISBN 978-0-521-56350-5
↑ Wakefield Diocese website

Religious titles
Preceded by Arthur Harold Morris	Bishop of Pontefract 1949 – 1954	Succeeded by Eric Treacy
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Dean of Guildford 1954 – 1965	Succeeded by Anthony Cyprian Bridge

Bishops of Pontefract and of Wakefield

Pontefract	Campbell Hone Tom Longworth Arthur Morris George Clarkson Eric Treacy Gordon Fallows Richard Hare John Finney David James Tony Robinson

Wakefield	Tony Robinson, Bishop of Pontefract, area bishop in Wakefield Tony Robinson

Deans of Guildford

George Clarkson Tony Bridge Alex Wedderspoon Victor Stock Dianna Gwilliams

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