Henry Bowlby
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Henry Bond Bowlby (23 August 1823 – 27 August 1894) was an English churchman, the Bishop of Coventry (a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Worcester) from 1891 until 1894.[1]
Life
Born on 23 August 1823, son of Captain Peter Bowlby and Elizabeth Haslewood, he was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, where he graduated a Doctor of Divinity (DD). He was Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Dartford, from 1867 to 1874 and became Rector of St Philip's, Birmingham in 1875, a post he retained upon becoming the first suffragan Bishop of Coventry in 1891. He was consecrated a bishop at St Paul's Cathedral on 29 September 1891, by Edward Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury.[2] He continued in both positions until his death on 27 August 1894, aged 71 years.[3][4][5]
Family
Bowlby married firstly, Catherine Salmon, on 29 September 1852, and they had five children. After Catherine's death in 1875, he married secondly, Sarah Blowers King, on 21 September 1886.[3][4]
References
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- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 100th edition, (2007), Church House Publishing. Template:ISBN.
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- ↑ a b Obituary of Bishop Bowlby, Worcester Journal,1 September 1894.
- ↑ a b Henry Bond Bowlby. thePeerage.com. Retrieved on 27 November 2008.
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