Cecil Douglas Horsley (26 July 190610 March 1953) was a British Anglican bishop who served as

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then of Gibraltar in the mid 20th century. He was born in Gillingham, Kent, on 26 July 1906 and educated at

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and Queens' College, Cambridge, before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with

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and St Saviour's, Ealing. He was ordained priest on

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(15 June) 1930, by

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, Bishop of Winchester, at

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. After this he was

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of St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood, before his elevation to the

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in 1938. He was consecrated

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(17 November) 1938, by

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, Archbishop of Canterbury, at

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. He was

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on 25 September 1947 (invested by

Geoffrey Fisher Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Baron Fisher of Lambeth, (5 May 1887 – 15 September 1972) was an English Anglican priest, and 99th Archbishop of Canterbury, serving from 1945 to 1961. From a long line of parish priests, Fisher was educated at Marlb ...

, Archbishop of Canterbury, at

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). A sub-prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died in post on 10 March 1953."Obituary The Right Rev. C. D. Horsley Bishop Of Gibraltar", ''The Times'', Wednesday 11 March 1953; p. 10; Issue 52567; col D

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1906 births People from Gillingham, Kent People educated at Brighton College Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge 20th-century Anglican bishops in Asia Anglican bishops of Colombo 20th-century Anglican bishops of Gibraltar 1953 deaths Sub-Prelates of the Venerable Order of Saint John British expatriates in Sri Lanka {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub