Cecil Horsley
Cecil Douglas Horsley was Bishop of Colombo[1] then Gibraltar [2] in the mid 20th century.
He was born in Gillingham, Kent, on 26 July 1906[3] and educated at Brighton College[4] and Queens' College, Cambridge, before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with curacies at Romsey Abbey and St Saviour's, Ealing.[5] After this he was vicar of St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood,[6] before his elevation to the episcopate[7] in 1938.[8] He was translated to Gibraltar in 1947.[9] A sub-prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died in post on 10 March 1953.[10][11]
Notes
- ^ The Ceylon Liturgy
- ^ Bishops of Gibraltar Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Family tree guide
- ^ Who Was Who 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ Vicars of St John’s Archived October 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ St Thomas' College[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Bishop Of Colombo Young London Vicar Elected", The Times, Thursday 14 July 1938; pg. 13; Issue 48046; col D
- ^ "Ecclesiastical News New Bishop Of Gibraltar", The Times, Saturday 3 May 1947; pg. 7; Issue 50751; col F
- ^ "Guild of all Souls". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
- ^ "Obituary The Right Rev. C. D. Horsley Bishop Of Gibraltar", The Times, Wednesday 11 March 1953; pg. 10; Issue 52567; col D
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- 1906 births
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- Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
- 20th-century Anglican bishops
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- Sub-Prelates of the Venerable Order of Saint John
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