Harold Hubbard

Harold Evelyn Hubbard (1883 – 1953) was the second Bishop of Whitby^[1] and an Honorary Chaplain to the King.^[2] A grandson of the first Lord Addingdon, he was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford and ordained in 1908. After a Curacy at Skelton-in-Cleveland, he served with great distinction in the First World War.^[3] When peace came, he was successively Rector of Gisborough in Cleveland, Chaplain of Cheltenham College,^[4] and finally Vicar of St John’s Middlesbrough.^[5] before elevation to the Episcopate in 1939. He served throughout the whole of the Second World War and retired in 1946.^[6] On his death in 1953, his Will stated, somewhat unusually, that he wished to dispel any misconception that he had been making a fortune from his ministry in the church: the large sum being the result of legacies from wealthier members of his distinguished family.^[7]

Notes

^ Three New Bishops Suffragan Selby, Whitby, And Jarrow (News) The Times Saturday, 24 December 1938; p. 10; Issue 48186; col E
^ The Times, Wednesday, 22 December 1937; p. 15; Issue 47874; col E Chaplains To The King- Rev HE Hubbard, D..SO., M.C., Vicar of St John’s Middlesbrough to replace the late Canon Hugh Richard Lawrie Sheppard, C.H., D.D.
^ Winning both the Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross- ”Who was Who 1897-1990” London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
^ Where his Times obituary noted he was "held in the highest regard for the humour and sympathy he brought to bear on a wide range of problems" Wednesday, 27 May 1953; p. 8; Issue 52632; col E Bishop H. E. Hubbard Former Suffragan Bishop Of Whitby
^ Also (in his final two years at St John’s) Rural Dean of Middlesbrough- Who’s Who (Ibid)
^ The Times, Friday, 20 December 1946; p. 4; Issue 50639; col B Resignation of the Bishop Of Whitby
^ Genealogical details

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Preceded by Henry St John Stirling Woollcombe	Bishop of Whitby 1939 – 1946	Succeeded by Walter Hubert Baddeley

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[1] Three New Bishops Suffragan Selby, Whitby, And Jarrow (News) The Times Saturday, 24 December 1938; p. 10; Issue 48186; col E

[2] The Times, Wednesday, 22 December 1937; p. 15; Issue 47874; col E Chaplains To The King- Rev HE Hubbard, D..SO., M.C., Vicar of St John’s Middlesbrough to replace the late Canon Hugh Richard Lawrie Sheppard, C.H., D.D.

[3] Winning both the Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross- ”Who was Who 1897-1990” London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X

[4] Where his Times obituary noted he was "held in the highest regard for the humour and sympathy he brought to bear on a wide range of problems" Wednesday, 27 May 1953; p. 8; Issue 52632; col E Bishop H. E. Hubbard Former Suffragan Bishop Of Whitby

[5] Also (in his final two years at St John’s) Rural Dean of Middlesbrough- Who’s Who (Ibid)

[6] The Times, Friday, 20 December 1946; p. 4; Issue 50639; col B Resignation of the Bishop Of Whitby

[7] Genealogical details

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