(David) Colin Dunlop (31 July 1897[1] – 23 February 1968)[2][3] was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century.

Son of Scottish East India merchant David Jugurtha Dunlop, of 25, Wickham Road, Beckenham, Kent (now Greater London), and Laura Frances, née Beddard, Dunlop was educated at Radley[4] and New College, Oxford (BA 1921, MA 1924),[5][6] and was ordained after wartime service. He enlisted in 1915 as ‘Medically A1’ and served with the 3rd Buffs in France. He was a lieutenant when he relinquished command to attend New College.[7] His first post was as a curate at St Mary, Primrose Hill,[8] after which he became Chaplain to George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, and Chaplain at St Peter and St Sigfrid's Church in Stockholm. Appointed Vicar of St Thomas Hove and then Henfield, in 1940 he became Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh before elevation to the episcopate as Bishop of Jarrow (and Archdeacon of Auckland) five years later.[9] In 1949 he became Dean of Lincoln, a post he held until he retired in November 1964.[10] Early in 1950, he was also appointed an Assistant Bishop of Lincoln;[11] which post he retained till his 1964 retirement from the Deanery.

In 1955 he was appointed the first chair of the Liturgical Commission of the Church of England. There is a description of him during his time in Jarrow ‘In appearance, he was a striking character, good looking and unusual in the gift of preaching a sermon in the grand manner of a former age’.[12]

His granddaughter, Fuchsia Dunlop, is a food writer.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000 p. 244 (Accessed 21 February 2016)
  2. ^ Deaths The Rt Rev D.C. Dunlop The Times Thursday, 7 March 1968; p. 10; Issue 57194; col C)
  3. ^ Usher Family of Scotland — David Colin Dunlop (Accessed 21 February 2016)
  4. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  5. ^ Scottish Episcopal Clergy 1689-2000, ed. David M. Bertie, T. & T. Clark, 2000, p.
  6. ^ "Story: Prepared for the St Marys Shortlands Memorial records | Lives of the First World War".
  7. ^ TNA Wo339/39188. Service Record
  8. ^ "St Marys Primrose Hill". St Marys Primrose Hill.
  9. ^ Ecclesiastical News Bishop Suffragan Of Jarrow The Times Friday, 11 February 1944; p. 7; Issue 49777; col C
  10. ^ "Retirement of Dean of Lincoln". Church Times. No. 5281. 1 May 1964. p. 24. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 February 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
  11. ^ "Assistant Bishop of Lincoln (col. D)". Church Times. No. 4541. 17 February 1950. p. 117. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 February 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
  12. ^ 'Memories' by CHG Hopkins,D Brown and Son,p42
  13. ^ Lewis, Tim (20 August 2023). "'I eat to understand': Cook and writer Fuchsia Dunlop on her lifelong love of Chinese cuisine". The Observer.
  14. ^ Corpus Christi College Oxford Biographical Register 1880-1974, Corpus Christi College, 1988, p. 647
Religious titles Preceded byLogie Danson Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh 1940–1944 Succeeded byIvor Ramsay Preceded byLeslie Owen Bishop of Jarrow 1944–1949 Succeeded byJohn Ramsbotham Preceded byRobert Mitchell Dean of Lincoln 1949–1964 Succeeded byMichael Peck
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