Herbert Bury (1854 – 15 January 1933) was an

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in the first decades of the 20th century. He was appointed Bishop of British Honduras in 1908, remaining there until 1911, and was then Bishop for Northern and Central Europe until 1926.

Life

Born in 1854, Bury was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford and

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in 1878. After further incumbencies at

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, Newchurch in Rossendale and Hampstead he was appointed Bishop of Honduras in 1908, a post he held for three years. He was a coadjutor bishop to the

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— Bishop in Northern and Central Europe — from January 1911 until January 1926). For the sake of a stipend, he was appointed to a succession of near-sinecure

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churches: Rector of St Katherine Coleman from June 1911, of St Peter, Vere Street from October 1916, Rector of St Anne and St Agnes from 31 March 1920 (which he retained until his death). Having resigned his European responsibilities, he remained an Assistant Bishop of London. An eminent author, he died on 15 January 1933.''Bishop Bury '' (Obituaries)

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Tuesday, 17 Jan 1933; pg. 14; Issue 46344; col B

Selected publications

*''A Bishop amongst Bananas'' (London: Wells Gardner, Darton, 1911)

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* * 1854 births Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Anglican bishops of Belize 20th-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean 1933 deaths {{Anglican-bishop-stub