George Herbert Westcott (18 April 1862 – 16 January 1928) was the Bishop of Lucknow from 1910 until his death in 1928. George Herbert Westcott was born into a very distinguished clerical family: his father Brooke Westcott was

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from 1890 until 1901, and his younger brother

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would be Bishop of Calcutta and Metropolitan of India from 1919 until 1945. He was educated at

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and

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. He was

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in 1886 and, after a brief period as

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at his old school, emigrated to

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where he worked as a

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with the SPG. From 1898 he was

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to the inaugural Bishop of Lucknow whom in time he succeeded. He died in post on 16 January 1928, his ''

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'' obituary noting his "missionary zeal to secure the self government of the Indian Church."Tuesday, 17 January 1928; pg. 16; Issue 44792; col D ''Obituary: Rt Rev GH Westcott''

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1862 births People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge Anglican bishops of Lucknow 1928 deaths British people in colonial India Anglican missionaries in India English Anglican missionaries {{Christianity-bio-stub