James Okey Nash (1862–1943) was the

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from 1917 until 1930. Nash was educated at

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;

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and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was

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in 1888. After a curacy at St Andrews,

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he was at

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from 1889 to 1892. He was one of original members of the Community of the Resurrection, Mirfield. He was

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of Radley from 1895 to 1898. He emigrated to South Africa in 1902 to be Chaplain to the

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; and after that was Headmaster of

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from 1906 to 1917. He died on 7 April 1943.''Obituary.''

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(London, England), Friday, Apr 09, 1943; pg. 7; Issue 49516.

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1862 births Holders of a Lambeth degree 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops 1943 deaths People educated at King William's College Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon Anglican suffragan bishops in South Africa British emigrants to South Africa Anglican bishops of Cape Town {{UK-Christian-clergy-stub