William Swayne

Who was William Swayne?

The Rt Rev William Shuckburgh Swayne, DD was an eminent Anglican priest and author who served as Dean of Manchester then Bishop of Lincoln in the first half of the 20th century.

Born in 1862 he was educated at New College, Oxford and ordained in 1886. He began his ecclesiastical career with curacies at Lyndhurst and Stalbridge and was then Diocesan Lecturer for Lichfield. After this he held incumbencies at St Matthew's, Walsall and then St Peter’s, Cranley Gardens, a post he held until his consecration to the Episcopate. He died on 30 June 1941.