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Arthur Fawssett Alston (1872–1954) was an Anglican bishop the third Bishop of Middleton from 1938 until 1943.Educated at Clare College Cambridge and Ridley Hall he was ordained priest in 1896. A curacy at St Simon’s Southsea was followed with Yorkshire incumbencies. From there he became Rural Dean then Archdeacon of Hastings before becoming a Canon Residentiary of Manchester Cathedral from which post he ascended to the Episcopate.His son Rex Alston was a famous cricket commentator.
