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said of him at the time of his election, "He is a moderate High Churchman, as firm in his beliefs as he is cordial towards those who differ from him, and the diocese to which he goes, and which has not been without its disagreements, will find in him a peaceable and unifying influence." After his
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of St Mary's, Truro, and was successively Priest-Vicar and Succentor of the cathedral. In 1880 he suggested to Benson that a carol service should be held on Christmas Eve as a counter-attraction to the public houses. Benson agreed, and drew up an order of service of
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death the same paper said, "The Bishop was not only beloved in his own Church, but by his charm of personality and his spirituality had won the esteem of many in other communions in Scotland."
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Walpole's father had been an army officer before taking holy orders, and he envisaged a military career for his son; Walpole was from an early age drawn to the church. He was educated at
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Walpole died suddenly on 4 March 1929, at the age of 74. His funeral was at the cathedral; he was buried in the country churchyard of Dalmahoy,
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on 24 June, but then returned temporarily to Lambeth to complete his duties there. He took up his episcopal office in August.
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Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, pp. 4060-4061
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priest, bishop, teacher and author. After early service in the west of England he moved first to
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Walpole and his daughter Dorothy arriving in New York aboard Holland-America Line's
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Triumphant love – Studies in the Epistles and Gospels for Holy Week and Easter
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From 1889 to 1896 Walpole was professor of dogmatic theology in the
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who had died in office in January. Neither of the two candidates,
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had reached deadlock in their efforts to agree on a successor to
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until 1903. In that year he was appointed examining chaplain to
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In 1882 Walpole married Mildred Helen (1854–1925), daughter of
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Among his achievements as bishop was the completion of
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in 1906. In 1908 he accepted a residential canonry at
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The Kingdom of Heaven: the Paddock Lectures for 1909.
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Vital Religion – or The Personal Knowledge of Christ
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English Anglican priest, bishop, teacher and author
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Bishop of Edinburgh

Scottish Episcopal Church
Edinburgh
John Dowden
Harry Reid
Balderton
Nottinghamshire
England
Edinburgh
Scotland
English
Anglican
Alma mater
Trinity College, Cambridge
Anglican
Auckland
Durham
Bishop of Edinburgh
High Churchman
Hugh Walpole

Noordam
Balderton
Nottinghamshire
St Giles's
Gumley
Leicestershire
Robert Walpole
Robert Walpole

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