Edward Wilton

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Edward Nowill Wilton (1872–1966) was an Australian Anglican bishop. He served as Assistant Bishop of Melanesia from 1928 to 1929.

Born in Richmond, Victoria on 11 May 1872, Wilton studied at Trinity College, Melbourne, and St Paul’s College, University of Sydney. He was ordained a deacon in 1901 and a priest in 1902.

He served as curate of St John Camden, New South Wales from 1902 to 1905, then as Rector of Mulgoa, New South Wales from 1905 to 1907. He was Precentor of St Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney from 1907 to 1916, and also a Canon Residentiary at All Saints’ Cathedral, Bathurst from 1907 until his appointment as bishop. Wilton died in 1966.