Lionel Payne Crawfurd (1864–1934) was the second Suffragan Bishop of Stafford. Educated at

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and

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,“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 he was

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in 1890 and began his career with a

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at ''St Cuthbert’s''

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. He was then successively Vice Principal of ''Leeds Clergy School'', Bishop's Chaplain in

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, and

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of the ''Home Missionary Society''. In June 1902 he was asked to return to Gateshead as

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, and was then incumbent at

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and

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, before ascending to the

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in 1915, a post he held for 19 years. A deeper thinker his

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obituary described him as “a kind, approachable man with a deep love of the countryside''The Times'', Saturday, Sep 08, 1934; pg. 14; Issue 46854; col B "The Bishop Of Stafford Suffragan For Shropshire" Obituaries".

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1864 births People educated at Eton College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Bishops of Stafford 1934 deaths 20th-century Church of England bishops {{churchofEngland-bishop-stub