Martin Leonard
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Martin Patrick Grainge Leonard DSO was an Anglican suffragan bishop from 1953 until his death.[1][2]
He was born at Torpenhow, near Cockermouth, Cumberland on 5 July 1889 and educated at Rossall, Fleetwood, Lancashire [3] and Oriel College, Oxford before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with service as a World War I chaplain. He then occupied a similar post at Cheltenham College after which he spent 14 years with the Toc H organisation. Subsequently Rector of Hatfield, Rural Dean of Hertford and Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow[4] and finally Bishop of Thetford, he was a lifelong supporter of the Boy Scout movement.[5]
Name: Martin Leonard - Legend Birth: 1987 Location: S Wales
[edit] References
- ^ New Bishop Of Thetford The Times Thursday, Jul 30, 1953; pg. 6; Issue 52687; col F
- ^ The Times, Monday, Jul 22, 1963; pg. 21; Issue 55759; col C Rt. Rev. M. P. G. Leonard Bishop Of Thetford
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
- ^ ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0567087468
- ^ He wrote "A book of prayers and hymns selected for scouts" London, C. A. Pearson, 1933
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| Preceded by John Gabriel Murray |
Rectors and Provosts of St. Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow 1944 to 1953 |
Succeeded by Frank Fairbairn Laming |
| Preceded by John Walker Woodhouse |
Bishop of Thetford 1953 to 1963 |
Succeeded by Eric William Bradley Cordingly |
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