Charles Sumner (bishop)

The Right Reverend

Charles Sumner
The Right Reverend; Charles Sumner
Bishop of Winchester
	Portrait of Sumner in the robes of the Order of the Garter by Sir Martin Archer Shee, 1833
Province	Province of Canterbury
Diocese	Diocese of Winchester
Personal details
Born	Charles Richard Sumner; 22 November 1790; Kenilworth, England
Died	15 August 1874 (aged 83); Farnham, England
Nationality	English
Denomination	Church of England
Alma mater	Eton College ; Trinity College, Cambridge

Charles Richard Sumner KG (22 November 1790 – 15 August 1874) was a Church of England bishop.

Life[edit]

Charles Sumner was a brother of John Bird Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury. Their father was Robert Sumner, and their mother was Hannah Bird, a first cousin of William Wilberforce.^[1]

Sumner was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge and graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1814 and Cambridge Master of Arts (MA) in 1817.^[2] After ordination he ministered for the two winters of 1814–1816 to the English congregation in Geneva. From 1816 to 1821 he was curate of Highclere, Hampshire. In 1820, George IV wished to appoint him as a canon of Windsor, but the prime minister, Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, objected; Sumner received instead a royal chaplaincy and librarianship. Other preferments quickly followed; in 1826 he was consecrated Bishop of Llandaff (at that point the Bishop of Llandaff was also Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London) and in 1827 Bishop of Winchester. In 1869 he resigned his seat, but continued to live at the official residence in Farnham until his death on 15 August 1874.^[3]

Though Evangelical in his views he did not confine his patronage to that school.^[3]

He and his brother were members of the Canterbury Association from 27 March 1848.^[4]

Works[edit]

Sumner published a number of charges and sermons and The Ministerial Character of Christ Practically Considered (London, 1824). He also edited and translated John Milton's De doctrina christiana, which was found in the State Paper office in 1823, and formed the text of Macaulay's essay on Milton.^[3]

Family[edit]

Sumner married Jennie Fanny Barnabine Maunoir (23 February 1794 – 3 September 1849) and had seven children - four sons and three daughters,^[5] including:

John Maunoir Sumner (c. 1816 at Highclere – 1 April 1886), rector of North Waltham 1842–1845, and of Buriton, Hampshire, 1845, until his death.^[6]^[7]
Louisanna Sumner (1817–1899), who married the Rev. William Gibson, Rector of Fawley, Hampshire, and had eleven children including:
- Arthur Sumner Gibson (1844–1927), a rugby union international, who played in the first international match in 1871
- Edgar Charles Sumner Gibson, (1848–1924), Bishop of Gloucester
- Alan George Sumner Gibson (1856–1922), Coadjutor Bishop of Cape Town from 1894^[8]
Sophia Albertina Sumner (1823–1884), married the Rev. William Henry Ridley^[9]
George Henry Sumner (1824–1909), Bishop of Guildford, whose wife Mary founded the Mothers' Union
Emily Sarah Frances Sumner (1832–1926), who married Robert Newman Milford (1829–1913), Rector of East Knoyle, Wiltshire and canon of Salisbury Cathedral, whose children included Sir Humphrey Sumner Milford, a publisher at Oxford University Press

References[edit]

^ Edward J. Davies, "Some Connections of the Birds of Warwickshire", The Genealogist, 26 (2012):58–76.
^ "Sumner, Charles Richard (SMNR810CR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ ^a ^b ^c Chisholm 1911.
^ Blain, Michael (2007). The Canterbury Association (1848–1852): A Study of Its Members' Connections (PDF). Christchurch: Project Canterbury. pp. 77–78. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
^ Courtney 1898, p. 167-168.
^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Sumner, John Maunoir" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
^ Bastin, John Sturgus; Weizenegger, Julie (2016). The Family of Sir Stamford Raffles. Singapore: National Library Board, Government of Singapore: National Library Board; Government of Singapore; and Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd. p. 199. ISBN 978-981-09-7236-3.
^ 'GIBSON, Rt. Rev. Alan George Sumner', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 19 Jan 2014
^ "Ridley, William Henry" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

Attribution[edit]

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sumner, Charles Richard". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 82–83.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Courtney, William Prideaux (1898). "Sumner, Charles Richard". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 55. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 165–168. ; Endnotes:
- A Life of Sumner was published by his son, George Henry Sumner, in 1876
- cf. Le Neve's Fasti, i. 49, ii. 257, 317, 429, iii. 21, 81
- Stapylton's Eton Lists, p. 42
- Lady Granville's Letters, i. 255
- Burke's Landed Gentry
- Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Sumner, Charles Richard" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- Gent. Mag. 1802 ii. 1066, 1847 i. 108
- Times, 17 and 18 Aug 1874
- Guardian, 19 and 26 Aug 1874
- Pennington's Recollections, pp. 149–65
- Ashwell and Wilberforce's Bishop Wilberforce, i. 65–82, 103–4, 150, 160, 263–4, 317, 401, ii. 248, iii. 61–2
- Lucas's Bernard Barton, pp. 108–9, 161
- information from Mr. W. Aldis Wright

Church of England titles
Preceded by William Van Mildert	Bishop of Llandaff and Dean of St Paul's 1826–1827	Succeeded by Edward Copleston
Preceded by George Pretyman-Tomline	Bishop of Winchester 1827–1869	Succeeded by Samuel Wilberforce

[1] Edward J. Davies, "Some Connections of the Birds of Warwickshire", The Genealogist, 26 (2012):58–76.

[2] "Sumner, Charles Richard (SMNR810CR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[FOOTNOTEChisholm1911-3] Chisholm 1911.

[Blain-4] Blain, Michael (2007). The Canterbury Association (1848–1852): A Study of Its Members' Connections (PDF). Christchurch: Project Canterbury. pp. 77–78. Retrieved 23 March 2013.

[FOOTNOTECourtney1898167-168-5] Courtney 1898, p. 167-168.

[6] Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Sumner, John Maunoir" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.

[7] Bastin, John Sturgus; Weizenegger, Julie (2016). The Family of Sir Stamford Raffles. Singapore: National Library Board, Government of Singapore: National Library Board; Government of Singapore; and Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd. p. 199. ISBN 978-981-09-7236-3.

[8] 'GIBSON, Rt. Rev. Alan George Sumner', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 19 Jan 2014

[9] "Ridley, William Henry" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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