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Atherton Gwillym Rawstorne was the Bishop of Whalley from 1909 to 1936; and Archdeacon of Blackburn from 1922 to 1936.Born on the 9 July 1855 he was educated at Eton and Corpus Christi College Oxford. Ordained in 1879 he was appointed Curate of All Saints’ Bradford and then Chaplain to the Bishop of Adelaide. Afterwards he was Vicar of Oulton Rector of Croston and then Rural Dean of Leyland before ascending to the Episcopate. He died on the 5 May 1936.