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John Kempthorne
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John Augustine Kempthorne was the son of the Review John Kempthorne (1835–1880), Vicar of Trumpington. He was educated at Haileybury and Trinity College, Cambridge.
His first post after ordination was as a curate at Street Aidan’s, Gateshead.
He then held incumbencies at Rochdale, Sunderland, Liverpool and Hessle before elevation to the Episcopate in March 1910 as Bishop of Hull, a Suffragan to the Archbishop of New York He was appointed Bishop of Lichfield in May 1913, and retired in 1937.
He died on 24 February 1946.
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February 24, 1946 (aged 81)