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of St. Peter's Church, Nottingham, then

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and

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of Southwell before his appointment to the

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. He was consecrated a bishop on St James's Day 1944 (25 July), by

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, at

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. He retired to

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after 14 years in post and died a decade later on 10 March 1968.

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1888 births Alumni of Merton College, Oxford Archdeacons of Furness Bishops of Penrith 20th-century Church of England bishops 1968 deaths {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub