A. Nutter Thomas

Arthur Nutter Thomas (11 December 1869 – 10 April 1954), commonly referred to as Dr Nutter Thomas or A. Nutter Thomas, was the Anglican Bishop of Adelaide, South Australia, from 1906 to 1940.

Early life

Nutter Thomas was born in Hackney, London, to Charles James Thomas and his wife Mary Matilda Thomas, née Nutter. He was educated at Pembroke College of the University of Cambridge and was awarded a bachelor's degree in 1893, a master's degree in 1895 and a Doctor of Divinity degree in 1906. He was made deacon on 20 May 1894, by Walsham How, Bishop of Wakefield, at Wakefield Cathedral; ordained priest the following year; and consecrated a bishop on Candlemas 1906 (2 February) at Westminster Abbey, by Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury. He arrived in South Australia two months later with his wife. On retirement he had spent over 34 years as a bishop, the longest for an Anglican bishop in Australia at that time.

Thomas's episcopacy as Bishop of Adelaide was contemporaneous with the 40-year incumbency at St George's Church, Goodwood of Canon Percy Wise, with whom he had a long and frosty relationship, Thomas being a traditional Anglican, a follower of the Book of Common Prayer, and Wise being radically Anglo-Catholic.

Family

Nutter Thomas married Mary Theodora Lewis before leaving England. They had two daughters and a son, all born at Bishop's Court, North Adelaide.

References

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  5. ↑ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1.
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  7. ↑ "Rev. W. C. S. Johnson Retires". Victor Harbour Times. Vol. 60, no. 2, 648. South Australia. 12 January 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 1 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "New Church Appointment". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 89, no. 27523. South Australia. 21 December 1946. p. 10. Retrieved 1 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Sons of Prominent Adelaide Men". The News (Adelaide). Vol. XIV, no. 2, 036. South Australia. 24 January 1930. p. 8. Retrieved 1 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. 1 2 Choral Eucharist (PDF), Melbourne: St Paul's Cathedral, 17 March 2024, p. 14, retrieved 29 October 2025
  11. ↑ "About People". The Age. No. 28524. Victoria, Australia. 25 September 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 1 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

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