George Tomlinson (bishop)
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The Right Reverend George Tomlinson | |
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| Bishop of Gibraltar | |
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| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Gibraltar |
| In office | 1842–1863 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 March 1794 Lancashire, England[1] |
| Died | 6 February 1863 (aged 68) Gibraltar Palace, Gibraltar |
George Tomlinson (12 March 1794 – 6 February 1863)[2] was an English cleric, the Anglican Bishop of Gibraltar from 1842 to 1863.
Tomlinson was born in Lancashire, the son of Eleanor Jane Fraser and John Tomlinson.[3] He was first educated at St Saviour's Grammar School, Southwark,[4] and entered St John's College, Cambridge, in 1818, matriculating in 1819. He graduated B.A. in 1823, M.A. in 1826, and D.D. in 1842.[5] He was founder of the Cambridge Apostles.[4]
Ordained in 1822, Tomlinson became chaplain to William Howley, the Bishop of London, and was employed as a tutor by Sir Robert Peel.[5] In 1825 he became secretary to the City of London Infant School Society, a High Church alternative around Howley, Peel and Charles James Blomfield to the Infant School Society of Samuel Wilderspin.[6]
From 1831 to 1842, Tomlinson was secretary to the SPCK.[5] There he wrote for the Saturday Magazine, and founded the Clergy List and Ecclesiastical Gazette. In 1840 he undertook an ecumenical mission in the Levant and wrote a report on it.[7]
On 24 August 1842, Tomlinson was consecrated a bishop at Westminster Abbey. He arrived in Gibraltar in 1842 with Robert Wilson, the new governor, on HMS Warspite.[8] He died there on 9 February 1863, aged 68.[5]
