Walter Ruthven Pym
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Walter Ruthven Pym was an English colonial bishop at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
He was the son of Alexander Pym and Eliza Elizabeth Pell.
He was educated at Bedford Grammar School and Magdalene College, Cambridge
. Ordained in 1881, after a curacy in Lytham he was successively Vicar
of Miles Platting
, Wentworth
and Sharrow
before being appointed Rural Dean
of Rotherham
. In 1898 he ascended to the Episcopate where he developed (according to his Times
obituary) a “vigorous and moderate evangelistic style”.
He married Lucy Anne Threlfall, daughter of Thomas Threlfall, on 8 August 1883. Their daughter Lucy Barbara Pym MBE (1895–1979) married Sir Edward Ruggles-Brise, 1st Baronet. Their son Leslie Ruthven Pym (1884–1945) was Conservative MP for Monmouth from 1939–1945, and his son, Francis Pym
(1922–2008) was a Conservative MP from 1961–1987 and a cabinet minister.
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He was the son of Alexander Pym and Eliza Elizabeth Pell.
He was educated at Bedford Grammar School and Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene...
. Ordained in 1881, after a curacy in Lytham he was successively Vicar
Vicar
In the broadest sense, a vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior . In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant...
of Miles Platting
Miles Platting
Miles Platting is an inner city district of Manchester, England. It is east-northeast of Manchester city centre, along the course of the Rochdale Canal and A62 road...
, Wentworth
Wentworth, South Yorkshire
Wentworth is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 1,223.- History :...
and Sharrow
Sharrow
For the village in North Yorkshire, see Sharow. For the shared lane roadway marking, see Shared lane marking.Sharrow is a district of Sheffield directly south west of Sheffield city centre....
before being appointed Rural Dean
Rural Dean
In the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church, a Rural Dean presides over a Rural Deanery .-Origins and usage:...
of Rotherham
Rotherham
Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Don, at its confluence with the River Rother, between Sheffield and Doncaster. Rotherham, at from Sheffield City Centre, is surrounded by several smaller settlements, which together form the wider Metropolitan Borough of...
. In 1898 he ascended to the Episcopate where he developed (according to his Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
obituary) a “vigorous and moderate evangelistic style”.
He married Lucy Anne Threlfall, daughter of Thomas Threlfall, on 8 August 1883. Their daughter Lucy Barbara Pym MBE (1895–1979) married Sir Edward Ruggles-Brise, 1st Baronet. Their son Leslie Ruthven Pym (1884–1945) was Conservative MP for Monmouth from 1939–1945, and his son, Francis Pym
Francis Pym
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(1922–2008) was a Conservative MP from 1961–1987 and a cabinet minister.
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