Alston May

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Alston May, Second Bishop of Northern Rhodesia (1914-1940)

Alston James Weller May was an Anglican bishop[1] in the first half of the 20th century.[2]

He was born in 1869 [3] and educated at Leeds Grammar School[4] and Oriel College, Oxford . After a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon he was ordained in 1894.[5] His first posts were curacies at All Souls, Leeds and St Mark, Portsmouth following which he was Curate in Charge of St Peter's, Chertsey.[6] In 1914 he was appointed the 2nd Bishop of Northern Rhodesia,[7] a post he held until his death on 17 July 1940.[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ National Archives
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 Template:ISBN
  4. ↑ The Times, Friday, March 23, 1888; pg. 5; Issue 32341; col E University Intelligence Election of scholars
  5. ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  6. ↑ Parish web-site
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ The Times, Tuesday, July 23, 1940; pg. 7; Issue 48675; col F Obituary The Bishop of Northern Rhodesia
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