Gerald Ellison

The Rt Revd and Rt Hon Gerald Ellison KCVO PC
Bishop of London
Diocese	Diocese of London
In office	1973–1981
Predecessor	Robert Stopford
Successor	Graham Leonard
Other posts	Bishop of Willesden (1950–1955) Bishop of Chester (1955–1973)
Orders
Ordination	1935 (deacon) 1936 (priest)
Consecration	c. 1950
Personal details
Born	(1910-08-19)19 August 1910
Died	18 October 1992(1992-10-18) (aged 82)
Denomination	Anglican
Residence	Fulham Palace, London, United Kingdom
Alma mater	New College, Oxford

Gerald Alexander Ellison, KCVO, PC (19 August 1910 – 18 October 1992^[1]) was an Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Chester from 1955 to 1973 and the Bishop of London from 1973 to 1981.

Early life and education

Ellison was the son of a chaplain to the king. He was educated at Westminster School and New College, Oxford.^[2] He rowed for Oxford University Boat Club in the Boat Race in 1932 and 1933 and was later a Boat Race umpire.

Ordained ministry

Ellison studied for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge and was ordained deacon in 1935 and priest in 1936. His first position, from 1935, was as a curate at Sherborne.^[3] He then became the chaplain to Cyril Garbett, Bishop of Winchester, from 1937 to 1939. During World War II he was a chaplain in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and in 1943 the domestic chaplain to Cyril Garbett as Archbishop of York. From 1946 to 1950 he was vicar of St Mark's Portsea, Portsmouth, the largest parish of the city.^[4]

Episcopal ministry

In 1950, Ellison was consecrated to the episcopate as Bishop of Willesden, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of London.^[5] In 1955 he became the Bishop of Chester,^[6] (in which capacity he blessed a nuclear submarine) and then, in 1972, the Bishop of London,^[7] where he completed a move from Fulham Palace to a residence in Westminster. Another lasting legacy of his in the Diocese of London is the area scheme he began.^[8] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1981 and after retirement was for a short time vicar general in the extraprovincial Diocese of Bermuda.

References

↑ Who's Who 1992 London A & C Black 1991 ISBN 0-71-363514-2
↑ People of Today 1992 London, Debrett's 1991 ISBN 1-870520-09-2
↑ Crockford's clerical directory 1976 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
↑ Michael De-La-Noy: Obituary: The Right Rev Gerald Ellison. Independent, 20. October 1992.
↑ "Bishop Suffragan Of Willesden: Both Primates Present At Consecration" (News), The Times, London, 22 September 1950; pg. 6; Issue 51803; col C
↑ "Bishop Of Chester Nominated: Rt. Rev. G. A. Ellison" (News), The Times, London, 12 January 1955; p. 8.
↑ The Times, London, 25 October 1973; pg. 23; Issue 58922; col A Court Circular Bishop of London sworn to the Privy Council
↑ "Ellison, Gerald Alexander". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/51024. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

External links

Bishop Ellison's papers are at Lambeth Palace Library

Church of England titles
Preceded by Edward Jones	Bishop of Willesden 1950–1955	Succeeded by George Ingle
Preceded by Douglas Crick	Bishop of Chester 1955–1973	Succeeded by Hubert Whitsey
Preceded by Robert Stopford	Bishop of London 1973–1981	Succeeded by Graham Leonard

Bishops of Willesden

William Perrin Guy Smith Henry Montgomery Campbell Edward Jones Gerald Ellison George Ingle Graham Leonard Hewlett Thompson (became first area bishop)

Area bishops	Hewlett Thompson Tom Butler Graham Dow Pete Broadbent

Bishops of Chester

Bishops of London

Post-Augustine	Mellitus Cedd Wine Earconwald Waldhere Ingwald Ecgwulf Wigheah Eadberht Eadgar Coenwalh Eadbald Heathoberht Osmund Æthelnoth Ceolberht Deorwulf Swithwulf Heahstan Wulfsige Æthelweard Leofstan Theodred Brihthelm Dunstan Ælfstan Wulfstan Ælfhun Ælfwig Ælfweard Robert of Jumièges Spearhafoc

Post-Conquest	William the Norman Hugh d'Orevalle Maurice Richard de Belmeis I Gilbert Universalis Anselm (quashed) Robert de Sigello Richard de Belmeis II Gilbert Foliot Richard FitzNeal William of Sainte-Mère-Église Eustace of Fauconberg Roger Niger Fulk Basset Henry Wingham Richard Talbot Henry of Sandwich John Chishull Fulke Lovell Richard Gravesend Ralph Baldock Gilbert Segrave Richard Newport Stephen Gravesend Richard de Wentworth Ralph Stratford Michael Northburgh Simon Sudbury William Courtenay Robert Braybrooke Roger Walden Nicholas Bubwith Richard Clifford John Kemp William Grey Robert FitzHugh Robert Gilbert Thomas Kempe Richard Hill Thomas Savage William Warham William Barons Richard FitzJames Cuthbert Tunstall

During the Reformation	John Stokesley Edmund Bonner (1st) Nicholas Ridley Edmund Bonner (2nd)

Post-Reformation	Edmund Grindal Edwin Sandys John Aylmer Richard Fletcher Richard Bancroft Richard Vaughan Thomas Ravis George Abbot John King George Montaigne William Laud William Juxon Gilbert Sheldon Humphrey Henchman Henry Compton John Robinson Edmund Gibson Thomas Sherlock Thomas Hayter Richard Osbaldeston Richard Terrick Robert Lowth Beilby Porteus John Randolph William Howley Charles Blomfield Archibald Tait John Jackson Frederick Temple Mandell Creighton Arthur Winnington-Ingram Geoffrey Fisher William Wand Henry Montgomery Campbell Robert Stopford Gerald Ellison Graham Leonard David Hope Richard Chartres

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 282578743

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