Maxwell Homfray Maxwell-Gumbleton (born Maxwell Homfray Smith ; 17 June 1872 – 1 February 1952) was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.
Maxwell-Gumbleton was born into a legal family. His father was a Puisne Judge in Jamaica .[ 1] He was educated at Repton School and Peterhouse and ordained in 1896.[ 2] After a curacy in Pucklechurch ,[ 3] during which time he married Ella Gillum,[ 4] he rose rapidly in the Church hierarchy, becoming successively Vicar of Colerne , Rural Dean of Chippenham and Bishop of Ballarat . In 1916 he changed his surname from Smith to Maxwell-Gumbleton [ 2] under direction of his great uncle's will (in order to remain eligible to inherit his estate).[ 5] After 10 years as Bishop of Ballarat, he returned to England, where he was appointed as an assistant bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich from 1931[ 4] – a position which was later expanded to become the bishop suffragan of Dunwich in 1934.[ 6] He was additionally Archdeacon of Sudbury from 1932 to 1945.
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