10 Facts About Arthur Winnington-Ingram

Arthur Winnington-Ingram was born in the rectory at Stanford-on-Teme, Worcestershire, the fourth son of Edward Winnington-Ingram and of Louisa.

In 1897, Arthur Winnington-Ingram was raised to the episcopate as the second suffragan Bishop of Stepney.

Arthur Winnington-Ingram was a leader in social work in London's East End.

Arthur Winnington-Ingram saw the war as a "great crusade to defend the weak against the strong" and accepted uncritically stories of German atrocities.

Arthur Winnington-Ingram spoke in aid of recruiting drives and later in the war urged his younger clergy to consider enlisting as combatants.

Arthur Winnington-Ingram was renowned as a charismatic preacher and persuasive writer, and he was arguably better known and more influential than either of the archbishops.

On 22 May 1946, Arthur Winnington-Ingram was taken ill while playing golf and he died a few days later on 26 May 1946 in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire.

Arthur Winnington-Ingram never married, although while Bishop of Stepney he was briefly engaged to Lady Ulrica Duncombe, a friend of Queen Alexandra and daughter of William Ernest Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham of Ryedale and Mabel Violet Graham.

Australian sculptor Theodora Cowan created a portrait bust of Dr Arthur Winnington-Ingram which "took pride of place" in her one-woman show at London's Grafton Galleries.

Arthur Winnington-Ingram is commemorated in some of the street names in Hampstead Garden Suburb: The Bishops Avenue, Winnington Road and Ingram Avenue; and Bishop Winnington-Ingram Primary School, Ruislip.