Lemprière Durell Hammond (1881–1965) was the fourth Suffragan Bishop of Stafford. Educated at ''St Augustine’s School Dewsbury'' and ''Lincoln Theological College'', he was

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in 1909 and began his career with a

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. He was then successively

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of ''St Mary the Virgin'' at

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in Kent, Vicar of

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and a

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before being consecrated to the

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in 1939, a post he held for 19 years. A great cricketer, his

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obituary described him as “a man most at home amongst the artisans of urban parishes“The Rt. Rev. L. D. Hammond Former Bishop Of Stafford (Obituaries)” The Times Thursday, Jan 07, 1965; pg. 12; Issue 56213; col E”.

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1881 births Bishops of Stafford 1965 deaths Alumni of Lincoln Theological College 20th-century Church of England bishops {{churchofEngland-bishop-stub