# David Manton

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**Edwin David Manton** (born 5 July 1936) is a retired [Australian](/source/Australia) [minister](/source/Minister_(Christianity)) and former Moderator of the [New South Wales Synod](/source/New_South_Wales_Synod) of the [Uniting Church in Australia](/source/Uniting_Church_in_Australia).

## Early life

Manton was born in [Sydney](/source/Sydney), the third son of Edwin Spencer Manton (b. 1899 - d.1951)[1] and his second wife, Eleanor Elizabeth (Nell) Hunt. He attended [Newington College](/source/Newington_College) (1949-1953) the school founded by his great-grandfather Rev [John Manton](/source/John_Manton) and attended by his father and maternal grandfather, Richard Hunt (b. 1852 - d.1929).[2]

## Clerical life

Manton was a minister in rural and city congregations of the [Methodist Church of Australasia](/source/Methodist_Church_of_Australasia), and Uniting Church, and served on the Board of Missions as associate secretary for home and inland missions in NSW. Manton was awarded his doctorate in ministry from the [San Francisco Theological Seminary](/source/San_Francisco_Theological_Seminary).

## Appointments

- Newington College Council (since 1984)[3]

## Honours

- [Medal of the Order of Australia](/source/Order_of_Australia) (2005) - For service to the community through a range of ministries within the Uniting Church in Australia.[4]

## References

1. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 125

1. ["Hunt-Beeston Family Tree"](https://web.archive.org/web/20091223070920/http://www.philiphunt.com/Hunt%20Tree-o/p2.htm#i67). Archived from [the original](http://www.philiphunt.com/Hunt%20Tree-o/p2.htm#i67) on 2009-12-23. Retrieved 2009-10-15.

1. ["2006 Annual Report Newington College"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090915145850/http://newingtoncollege.nsw.edu.au/public/About/AnnualReport/AR06.pdf). Archived from [the original](http://www.newingtoncollege.nsw.edu.au/public/About/AnnualReport/AR06.pdf) on 2009-09-15. Retrieved 2009-10-15.

1. [It's an Honour](https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1136240)

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