James Inskip

James Theodore Inskip (6 April 1868 – 4 August 1949) was Bishop of Barking from 1919 to 1948.^[1]

Inskip was the son of James Inskip, a Bristol solicitor, by his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Thomas Inskip.^[2] Lord Chancellor Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote and Sir John Inskip, Lord Mayor of Bristol, were his younger half-brothers. Inskip's mother died when he was one year old. He was educated at Clifton College^[3] and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.^[4]^[5] His youngest daughter was the novelist, Constance Elizabeth [Betty] Inskip.

Ordained in 1892,^[6] his first post was as a curate at St James’, Hatcham.^[7] He was then successively a lecturer in pastoral theology at King's College London, Vicar of Jesmond and finally (before his elevation to the episcopate) Vicar of Christ Church, Southport. While Bishop of Barking, he also held the positions of Archdeacon of Essex (1920–1922) and Archdeacon of West Ham (1922–1948). Whilst bishop, Inskip lived first at Leyton, then in a large house bought by the diocese, Hillside, later the Gables, Albion Hill, Loughton.

References[edit]

^ 'Bishop Suffragan Of Barking to retire', The Times, Thursday, Aug 26, 1948; pg. 6; Issue 51160; col E
^ "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
^ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p77: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
^ "James Inskip (INSP886JT)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ ”Who was Who 1897–1990” London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
^ 'Ordinations. Canterbury', The Times Tuesday, Jun 14, 1892; pg. 3; Issue 33664; col A
^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 76.

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Preceded by Thomas Stevens	Bishop of Barking 1919 – 1948	Succeeded by Hugh Rowlands Gough

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v t e Bishops of Barking
Thomas Stevens James Inskip Hugh Gough William Chadwick James Adams
Area bishops	James Roxburgh (first area bishop) Roger Sainsbury David Hawkins Peter Hill Lynne Cullens

v t e Archdeacons of Essex and of West Ham
High Medieval	Theobald Walter Richard Ruffus Robert Banastre Richard de Hegham Theobald de Valognes Thomas de Fauconberg Hugh de Sancto Edmundo Stephen de Sandwic Richard of Gravesend Adam de Faversham Roger de La Legh Robert Winchelsey Laurence de Fuscis de Bera
Late Medieval	Aldebrand Riccardi de Militiis Hildebrand de Anibaldis Stephen de Segrave John de Elham William Vygerous Robert de Canterbury Hugh de Statherne John de Bouser William de Rothwell John Barnet John de Cantebrugg Roger de Freton Henry de Winterton Richard Prentys Edward Prentys John Shirborne Zanobius Mulakyn James Goldwell John Gunthorpe John Crall Edmund Audley Thomas Jane
Early modern	John de Lopez Francis de Busleiden Richard Rawson Edward Moylle Thomas Darbyshire Thomas Cole John Walker William Tabor Samuel Harsnett George Goldman Edward Layfield Thomas Turner Charles Alston Thomas Gooch Reuben Clerke William Gibson Thomas Rutherforth Stotherd Abdy James Waller
Late modern (Essex)	William Gretton Francis Wollaston Hugh Jones Carew St John Mildmay Gaspard-le-Marchant Carey Alfred Blomfield Henry Johnson Thomas Stevens, Bishop of Barking James Inskip, Bishop of Barking (became Archdeacon of West Ham)
West Ham	James Inskip (previously Archdeacon of Essex) Hugh Gough John Elvin Denis Wakeling James Adams John Taylor Peter Dawes Roger Sainsbury Tim Stevens Michael Fox Elwin Cockett

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