Continuing The Winnington-Ingram Family Legacy

Edward John Winnington-Ingram
[Born: April 20, 1926 ~ Died: March 17, 2021]

John Winnington-Ingram, the owner of Old Manor Farm, Cottisford, passed away at the age of 94 on St Patrick’s Day, 2021.

A devout Christian throughout his life, it was a major decision for John not to enter the church, but to instead become a Newspaperman. Nevertheless, John was always closely involved with his local PCC (Parochial Church Council) wherever he lived. He was active on the Cottisford PCC for some 30 years until a few months before his death.

Now, his sons and heirs (Nicholas and Gerald Winnington-Ingram) wish to carry on the Winnington-Ingram family Ecclesiastical Legacy by making Old Manor Farm into a base from which they can do God’s Work in the world via the Old Manor Farm Preservation Trust.

The three general focal areas of the Old Manor Farm Preservation Trust are as follows:

• Support individuals and organisations dedicated to Making Earth Godly Again
• Help people to develop a deeper personal relationship with God
• Provide a “spiritual sanctuary” and “religious retreat” for Clergy, People of Faith and Spiritual Seekers

In 2009, John Winnington-Ingram was a recipient of The Order of St Frideswide, which is an honour bestowed by The Church of England, Diocese of Oxford in recognition of those people who have made a distinctive and significant contribution to the life and well-being of the diocese. These awards were first awarded in 2001.

The First Winnington-Ingram

Sir Edward Winnington

Sir Edward Winnington, 2nd Baronet, 14 Nov 1749 – 9 Jan 1805, of Stanford Court, Stanford-on-Teme, Worcestershire. MP for Droitwich. He married Anne, daughter of Thomas 1st Lord Foley and had issue:-

• Francis Winnington, Rector of Sapey, Herefordshire.
• Henry Jeffries Winnington, died 25 Aug 1873.
• Elizabeth Winnington, died 19 Oct 1865.
• Harriet Winnington, died 5 Mar 1827.
• Thomas Winnington, born 1780, 3rd Baronet, knighted, died 24 Sep 1839.
• Edward Winnington legally changed his name to Edward Winnington-Ingram (See below).

Reverend Edward Winnington-Ingram

Edward (William) Winnington-Ingram

Edward (William) Winnington-Ingram BA MA, was born in 1781 / 1782 and died 7th May 1851. He succeeded his father (Sir Edward Winnington) as rector of Stanford-on-Teme at the age of 29 from 9 Sep 1809 to 18 Jul 1822; vicar of Clifton on Teme 9 Sep 1809 to 2 Aug 1817; rector of Ribbesford, Worcestershire 31 Jan 1815; canon of 10th prebend, Worcester Cathedral; rector of Harvington 1841-45. He married on 7 Aug 1810, Jane, daughter of Very Rev Arthur Onslow and Frances Phipps.

Their children were:-

1. Francis Edward, died 31 Jul 1843.
2. Frances, died 8 Jul 1884.
3. Marianne Elizabeth, died 1844.
4. Edward, born 17 Oct 1814. Rector of Stanford. He married Maria Louisa Pepys, daughter of Henry Pepys. He died 30 Apr 1892.
5. 

6. Thomas Onslow, born 16 Mar 1816, Lt Col. died 14 Mar 1858.

7. Arthur Henry, born 5th Oct 1818. Rector of Harvington. Hon. Canon of S Worcester. Justice of the Peace for Worcestershire. Died 6 Mar 1887 aged 68. He was married on 25 Jan 1849, Sophia Mary Arnold, born 1 Aug 1827 – died 19 Dec 1900, daughter of George Arnold, Their children were:-

8. 1. Arthur Rogers, born 2 Jan 1850, died 2 Jul 1928. He married 20 Jan 1910 Elizabeth Wheeler and had issue:-
      1. Sophia Elizabeth, born 30 May 1910, died 12 Feb 1969.
   2. Herbert Frederick, born 12 Dec 1820, Rear-Admiral. Died 13 Sep 1889.
9. Charles Fox Winnington, born circa 1781, died June 1841.

Reverend Arthur Henry
Winnington-Ingram

Reverend Arthur Henry Winnington-Ingram

Reverend Arthur Henry Winnington-Ingram was born on 5 October 1818. He was the son of Reverend Edward Winnington-Ingram and Jane Onslow.2 He married Sophia Mary Arnold, daughter of Lt.-Col. George Arnold, on 25 January 1849. He died on 6 March 1887 at age 68. He was the Rector at Harvington, Worcestershire, England.

He held the office of Hon. Canon of Worcester. He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) Church list has A. H. Winnington Ingram 1845. Cleric. Matric Christchurch 19 Oct 1837, aged 19; BA 1841, MA 1848; hon. Canon of Worcester 1854; Rector of Harvington 1845 until his death on 6 March 1887. See Foster’s Baronetage & Rugby School Reg.

Much of the following has been extracted from Marjorie Biley’s History of Harvington: Arthur Henry Winnington-Ingram was Honorary Canon of the Cathedral, an Inspector of Schools, Chairman of the Magistrates at Evesham. He was a geologist, an astronomer, an antiquary and a poet. His volumes of poetry were “The Doom of the Godds of Hellas” and “The Brides of Dinan” in which he describes the Battle of Evesham.

In 1879 he founded the Bonaker Charity in connection with Worcester Infirmary using a legacy bequeathed to him by his friend Rev. William Baldwin Bonaker. This amounted to over £20,000 the largest sum ever received. (before Lord Nuffield). His considerable collection both geological and archaeological is at Worcester Victoria Institute.

He was a strict disciplinarian and was known to have said to widow Mary Savage, who had been granted “a loaf and a shilling a week” from Evesham Board of Guardians “it’s a poor hen that can’t scratch for one chick”. She had lost her husband and two children in a diphtheria epidemic in 1877. Another example of his strictness – he used to visit houses on Monday morning to see why the children were not in church on Sunday. Then he caned them at school.

Reverend Winnington-Ingram and his wife Sophia had a major influrence on Harvington over his 42 years incumbancy. He comes over as a typical Victorian vicar, in this case Rector. The Winnington-Ingrams came from a wealthy and long established family and found the existing rectory far too small, so they built the whole of the east wing with two large downstairs rooms making the Rectory a classic large Victorian rectory.

There was also a major restoration of the Church in 1855 under his incumbancy, see Bailey. When Winnington-Ingram died on 6 March 1887, his wife had the Reading Room built in his memory. He and his wife are buried in the churchyard. J Stephenson was a Curate for Arthur Winnington-Ingram and lived at Langton House.

Reverend Arthur Rogers
Winnington-Ingram

The Reverend Arthur Rogers Winnington-Ingram was born 2 Jan 1850, d. 2 Jul 1928 Child of Reverend Arthur Henry Winnington-Ingram and Sophia Mary Arnold

Edward Henry Winnington-Ingram

Edward Henry Winnington-Ingram was born 13 March 1849 – d. 27 April 1930). He was Archdeacon of Hereford from 1910 to 1923. He was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge and ordained priest on 21 February 1875 by Frederick Temple, Bishop of Exeter, at Exeter Cathedral. After a curacy in Tavistock he was the Rector of Ribbesford from 1876 to 1893; the Vicar of Bewdley from 1891 to 1893; and the Incumbent at Ross-on-Wye from 1893 to 1910. He was a Canon Residentiary at Hereford Cathedral from 1917 to 1925. His son Arthur Winnington-Ingram was Archdeacon of Hereford from 1942 to 1958.

Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram
(Bishop Of London)

Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram
(Bishop Of London)

Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram KCVO PC (26 January 1858 – 26 May 1946) was Bishop of London from 1901 to 1939.

He was born in the rectory at Stanford-on-Teme, Worcestershire, the fourth son of Edward Winnington-Ingram (a Church of England priest and Rector of Stanford) and of Louisa (daughter of Henry Pepys, Bishop of Worcester).

Winnington-Ingram was educated at Marlborough College and Keble College, Oxford; he graduated with second-class honours in Literae Humaniores (‘Greats’) in 1881.

His younger brother Edward and his nephew (Edward’s son) Arthur were both priests who became Archdeacons of Hereford.

Another nephew of his was Reginald Pepys Winnington-Ingram, a scholar of Greek tragedy and Professor of Greek at King’s College, London.

He was a private tutor in Europe, 1881–84; curate at St Mary’s, Shrewsbury, 1884–85; private chaplain to the Bishop of Lichfield, 1885–89; head of Oxford House Settlement, Bethnal Green 1889–97, chaplain to the Archbishop of York, 1889; rector of St Matthew’s, Bethnal Green, 1895; rural dean of Spitalfields, 1896; and canon of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1897.

Arthur Winnington-Ingram
(Archdeacon of Hereford)

Arthur Winnington-Ingram
(Archdeacon of Hereford)

The Ven. Arthur John Winnington-Ingram, MA (14 June 1888 – 1 June 1965) was Archdeacon of Hereford, England, from 1942 to 1958. The son of Edward Winnington-Ingram, he was educated at Hereford Cathedral School, St John’s College, Oxford and Wells Theological College; and ordained in 1913.

He was Curate then Vicar of Corsham from 1921 to 1928; Principal of St Aidan’s Theological College, Ballarat from 1921 to 1928; Vicar of Kimbolton from 1929 to 1936; Rural Dean of Leominster from 1934 to 1936; Prebendary of Hereford Cathedral from 1937 to 1961; and Rector of Ledbury from 1936 to 1945. He is buried in the churchyard of St Swithun’s, Headbourne Worthy.