Alwyn Williams

Alwyn Terrell Petre Williams (20 July 188818 February 1968) was Bishop of Durham (1939–1952) and then Bishop of Winchester (1952–1961).

Family and education

Born the eldest son of John (a physician) and Adeline (née Peter) Williams, at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire , he was educated at Rossall School and then went up to Jesus College, Oxford, where he had a remarkable career. He was a Scholar of his college and took a Triple First in Classical Moderations (1908), Greats (1910), and Modern History (1911), having won the Gladstone Historical Essay in 1909. He was elected a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, for the period 1911–1918. Williams married Margaret, née Stewart, of Perthshire, and priest on 20 December 1914 —both times by Charles Gore, Bishop of Oxford, at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford his nomination to Winchester was announced on 14 March 1952. He was also the Chairman of the committee that eventually produced the New English Bible (1950–1961). he retired to Charmouth, Dorset, and died at home there seven years later, his funeral service being at Winchester Cathedral. He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD) several times over—from Oxford in 1925, Durham and St Andrews in 1939, and Glasgow in 1951—and a Doctor of Letters (DLitt) from Southampton in 1962.