Edgar Priestley Swain (11 April 1881 – 25 July 1949) was the fourth

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from 1931 until 1950. Born in Stoke Newington, London,''1911 England Census'' he was the son of banker Harry Edwin Swain and Elizabeth Milsted.''London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1917'' He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and

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. He was successively Curate of '' Holy Trinity with All Souls, Birchfield'', ''Who was Who 1897–2007''. London, A & C Black, 2007 Chaplain to the

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and

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before ascending to the

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. A man "whose great gifts marked him out for preferment," his scholarship was considered a great asset to the

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in the mid-20th century.''India and the Church: being impressions of some members of the Mission of Help''. Swain, EP (Ed):London, SPCK, 1923 He died in Burnley while in office in 1949.

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1881 births Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon Bishops of Burnley 20th-century Church of England bishops 1949 deaths Presidents of the Oxford Union {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub 19th-century Anglican theologians 20th-century Anglican theologians