1887 - 1950 (63 years)
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Family |
Elizabeth Hockin Wellington |
Children |
| 1. Magdalene Hunkin, b. 1889 |
| 2. Gladys Hunkin |
+ | 3. Joseph Wellington Hunkin, b. 25 Sep 1887, Truro, Cornwall, England |
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- 1950
Died |
1950 |
Buried |
Kenward Churchyard, England. |
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Father |
Abraham Hockin Wellington |
Mother |
Magdalena, - wife of Abraham Hockin Wellington |
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Family |
Joseph Weston Hunkin |
Children |
| 1. Magdalene Hunkin, b. 1889 |
| 2. Gladys Hunkin |
+ | 3. Joseph Wellington Hunkin, b. 25 Sep 1887, Truro, Cornwall, England |
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Family |
Joseph Wellington Hunkin, b. 25 Sep 1887, Truro, Cornwall, England |
Married |
10 Dec 1914 |
Christ Church, Beckenham, Kent, England |
Children |
| 1. Patience Hunkin |
| 2. Andrew Hunkin |
| 3. Elizabeth Hunkin |
| 4. Oliver Hunkin |
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Father |
Joseph Wellington Hunkin, b. 25 Sep 1887, Truro, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Ruth Christobel Beer |
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Father |
Joseph Wellington Hunkin, b. 25 Sep 1887, Truro, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Ruth Christobel Beer |
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Father |
Joseph Wellington Hunkin, b. 25 Sep 1887, Truro, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Ruth Christobel Beer |
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Father |
Joseph Wellington Hunkin, b. 25 Sep 1887, Truro, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Ruth Christobel Beer |
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Name |
Joseph Wellington Hunkin |
Birth |
25 Sep 1887 |
Truro, Cornwall, England |
Gender |
Male |
Occupation |
Priest and Bishop |
Death |
25 Oct 1950 [1] |
Person ID |
I68823 |
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Last Modified |
13 Jan 2019 |
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Event Map |
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| Birth - 25 Sep 1887 - Truro, Cornwall, England |
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| Marriage - 10 Dec 1914 - Christ Church, Beckenham, Kent, England |
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Notes |
- Born on the 25th September 1887 at 16 The Parade, near the quay at Truro above Malpas Road where the ferry has associations with the Tristan Legends and crosses to St Michael Penkevil with the beautiful estate of Lord Falmouth.
Joseph wrote:
"I was born at Truro on a Sunday morning the 25th September 1887. It was fitting that it should be a Sunday, for, like Hanna in the Old Testament, my mother had prayed long and earnestly for a child. She had married rather later than usual and it was 3 1/2 years before i came."
Joseph attended Truro Wesleyan College (now Truro school) under the headmastership of H W Vinter. He preached his first sermon (without notes!) at the age of 16 in the village chapel of Tresillian.
He then entered Leys School, Cambridge, one of the greatest schools of Methodism, in January 1904 with a Moulton scholarship. The headmaster at that time was W.T. A. Barber.
One of Joseph's contempories was J. Arthur Rank. He also had a close association with W.H. Balgarnie, a classics master said to be the original character "Mr Chips" by James Hilton, another Old Boy.
In 1906 he went to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge having obtained a scholarship in Natural Science and Mathematics which was later converted to a Foundation Scholarship. He graduated as 12th Wrangler in 1909 and took part in the first part of the Theological Tripos in 1910. He simultaneously won the university Greek Treatment Prize for the Bachelor of Arts.
In 1910 and 1911 he attended Headingley College, Leeds to prepare for the Wesleyan Ministry. While a probationer minister in Bangor English Wesleyan Chapel in Wales he decided that Wesleyan Methodism was too small for him. He was then confirmed as Acommunicast Member of the Church of England and continued he studies at Ridley Hall, Cambridge under Dr Arthur J Tait.
In 1913 he served his title as curate of St Andrew, Plymouth under the vicar Arthur William Thomson Perowne later to be the Bishop of Worcester. He was Deacon in 1913 and ordained a priest in 1914 by the Bishop of Exeter (Archibald Robertson).
On the 10th December 1914 he married Ruth Christobel Beer at Christ Church, Beckenham, Kent.
In 1915 he was Vice-Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford where the Principle was H.G Grey and was curate at St Peter-le-Bayley, Oxford.
In November 1915 he was temporary chaplain to the Forces with orders to embark for the Dardanelles. He was posted to the artillery of the famous 29th Division at Cape Helles and went with them to France when Gallipoli was evacuated. In April 1917 he took part in the battle of Arras for which he was decorated with the Military Cross for conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty. In Spring 1918 he was awarded a bar to his Military Cross for great personal courage displayed during operations near Masnieres. He also received the OBE and was appointed Deputy Chaplain-General to the 8th Corps in France.
He was Bishop of Truro from 1935 to 1950.
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Sources |
- [S1404] Stefan Hrabar, Hrabar, Stefan, (stefanzh@iafrica.com), 20 May 2008.
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