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Sumner was born in Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
He was educated at Eton College and King"s College, Cambridge.
John Bird Sumner was a brother of Charles Richard Sumner, bishop of Winchester. In 1802, Sumner became a master at Eton College, where he was nicknamed "Crumpety Sumner" by the boys, and was ordained the following year. He was elected a fellow of Eton in 1817 and in 1818 the school presented him to the living of Maple Durham, Oxfordshire.
After being a prebendary of the Durham diocese for some years, he was consecrated to the episcopate as the Bishop of Chester in 1828.
During his episcopacy many churches and schools were built in the diocese. In 1848 he was elevated to Archbishop of Canterbury (with an annual income of £15,000) and in this capacity he dealt impartially with the different church parties until his death.
Sumner"s numerous writings were much esteemed, especially by the Evangelical party to which he belonged. In the well-known Gorham Case, Sumner came into conflict with Bishop Henry Phillpotts of Exeter (1778–1869), who accused him of supporting heresy and refused to communicate with him.
He supported the Divorce Bill in parliament but opposed the Deceased Wife"s Sister Bill and the bill for removing Jewish disabilities.
Sumner was president of the Canterbury Association which founded Christchurch, New Zealand. In 1848 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Sumner died in 1862 in Addington and is buried in Addington churchyard.
She was the daughter of George Robertson (1742 - 1791), a captain in the Royal Navy, and Ann Lewis (1748 - 1802), daughter of Francis Lewis (1713 - 1803), a New York signer of the Declaration of Independence and Elizabeth Anessley (1715 - 1779).
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