COLLINS, Preb. John Theodore Cameron Bucke 1925-2022

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 12 Dec 2022: COLLINS Prebendary John Theodore Cameron Bucke died peacefully at home on 8th December, aged 97. A private Funeral for family only please, will be held at 12 noon on Thursday 22nd December at St Mary Magdalene, Adlestrop. Details of a memorial service to be held at Adlestrop in the early summer of 2023 will be circulated in due course. "Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice" Phil 4:4

He was s of Rev Harry Rawle COLLINS 1873-1958 and Mary Cecily Burrell 1895-1983 d of William John MARGETTS 1846-1924 by his 1883 m reg Leeds to Clare Charlotte CAMERON 1854-1943. He m 1955 Diana Rachel 1931-2013 d of Lt-Col Anthony Charles Ward KIMPTON 1901-90 sometime head of that gentry family of Sarunds House and Hon Rachel Elizabeth HAZLERIGG 1904-89 d of 1st Baron HAZLERIGG 1878-1949 and Dorothy Rachel 1883-1972 d of John Henry BUXTON 1849-1934 (gs of Sir Thomas Fowell BUXTON 1st Bt 1786-1845) and Emma Maria PELLY d 1924 (gd of Sir John Henry PELLY 1st Bt 1777-1852), and had a son and a dau.

[Richard R]

Obit in the Times of 4 Feb 2023:

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The Rev John Collins obituary

Anglican clergyman who mentored Justin Welby and helped to lead the Charismatic Renewal in the church after a ‘visitation by the Holy Spirit’

… Having come from a traditional high Anglican background and served his first curacy at All Souls, Langham Place, learning old-school pulpit preaching under the great theologian John Stott and ministering to the upper-crust medical community of Harley Street…

… In 1980 Collins was appointed vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) in South Kensington, which had been a “society” Anglican church with a robed choir and matins service, but low attendance…

… John Theodore Cameron Bucke Collins was born the youngest of three children in Falmouth in 1925 to Harry and Mary Collins. Harry was a retired Anglican clergyman who was deputy headmaster of Falmouth Grammar School…

… He was senior curate to Stott at All Souls from 1951 to 1957, but grew tired of dealing with complaints from wealthy women when candle wax dripped on to their fur coats. He was pleased to move to St Mark’s church, Gillingham, a working-class parish. There were 32 pubs within walking distance of the church; many of their habitués were persuaded out of them by Collins…

… Collins had married Diana Kimpton, an actress, in 1955. They had met at a London rally held by the American evangelist Billy Graham. She would put on drama productions in church, as Collins moved away from traditional pulpit preaching, and also train Collins’s curates in public speaking. She died in 2013. He is survived by their children, Dominic and Richenda…

… Collins invented what he called the “evangelistic supper party” at which members of his community were encouraged to overcome their qualms, invite friends to dinner and hold discussions about the meaning of life over a glass of wine. It became a highly effective method of evangelising to the chattering classes of Kensington and its affluent surrounds…

The Rev John Collins was born on August 25, 1925. He died on December 8, 2022, aged 97

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-rev-john-collins-mentor-of-the-archbishop-of-canterbury-5hl8s6z6l