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William Shuckburgh Swayne (1862–1941) was a Church of England bishop[1] and author[2] who served as Dean of Manchester[3] then Bishop of Lincoln[4] in the first half of the 20th century.
Born in 1862 he was educated at New College, Oxford[5] and ordained in 1886.[6] He began his ecclesiastical career with curacies at Lyndhurst and Stalbridge[7] and was then Diocesan Lecturer for Lichfield. After this he held incumbencies at St Matthew's Church, Walsall[8] and then St Peter's, Cranley Gardens,[9] a post he held until his consecration to the episcopate.[10] He died on 30 June 1941.[11]
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