Background
John Bateman-Champain was born at Richmond Hill, Surrey. Bateman-Champain was born into a military family, son of LtCol Sir John Underwood Bateman-Champain of the Bengal Royal Engineers.
John Bateman-Champain was born at Richmond Hill, Surrey. Bateman-Champain was born into a military family, son of LtCol Sir John Underwood Bateman-Champain of the Bengal Royal Engineers.
The younger John was educated at Cheltenham College and Caius College, Cambridge. And studied for ordination at Wells Theological College.
Bateman-Champain was a right-handed batsman. Bateman-Champain played 2 first-class matches for Gloucestershire in 1899, with his debut for the county coming against Lancashire and his second and final first-class match for the county coming against Nottinghamshire. Additionally, he also represented the Free Foresters in a 3 first-class matches, firstly in 1919 against Cambridge University and Oxford University and finally against Oxford University in 1920.
Upon graduating theological college, Bateman-Champain became assistant curate at Street Mary"s Church, Henbury before embarking overseas to become vicar of Germiston, South Africa.
In 1912, he returned to Street Mary"s Church, Redcliffe as Vicar. During the First World War, he served as a war-time chaplain in France at GHQ, and later become an honorary Canon of Bristol Cathedral.
In 1928, he became Rural Dean of Bedminster before a ten-year stint as Vicar of the Cathedral Church of Street Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Provost of the Cathedral. His final appointment was as Bishop suffragan of Knaresborough — a post he held until retirement to his native city in 1948.
Bateman-Champain was part of a large cricketing family.
Bateman-Champain died at Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucestershire on 22 October 1950.