Henry Campbell

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Henry Campbell was a Church of England clergyman and bishop of London from 1956-1961[1]. He was born on 11 October 1887 and educated at Malvern and Brasenose. After a period of study at Wells Theological College he was ordained in 1910, his first post being a curacy at Alverstoke. After distinguished wartime service[2] he held incumbencies at Poplar, Hackney, Hornsey[3] and St George Hanover Square. These lead in time to his elevation to the episcopate: firstly as Bishop of Willesden , and then successively Kensington[4], Guildford and finally London, through which he became a Privy Councillor. A modest man, he said of his Bishoprics

"Sometimes you need a man like me- one who is no figure in public life and no scholar- but simply and solely a Father in God who goes round the parishes visiting the chaps: the only thing I am any good at"[5]

He died on Boxing Day 1970 after contracting bronchial pneumonia afterr fracturing his thigh during apower cut[6].

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Who's Who 1970 London, A & C Black, 1970 ISBN 0713611405
  2. ^ He received the Military Cross for bravery at Gallipolli The Times, Monday, Dec 28, 1970; pg. 8; Issue 58057; col E Obituary Bishop Montgomery Campbell
  3. ^ Where he was additionally Rural Dean Who's Who (Ibid)
  4. ^ The Times, Thursday, Mar 05, 1942; pg. 7; Issue 49176; col D Ecclesiastical News Two Bishops Suffragan Appointed
  5. ^ Times Obit (Ibid)
  6. ^ The Times, Thursday, Jan 07, 1971; pg. 1; Issue 58066; col G Bishop's death after power cut
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Guy Vernon Smith		 Bishop of Willesden
1940– 1942		 Succeeded by
Edward Michael Gresford Jones
Preceded by
Bertram Fitzgerald Simpson		 Bishop of Kensington
1942 – 1949		 Succeeded by
Cyril Easthaugh
Preceded by
John Victor Macmillan		 Bishop of Guildford
1949 – 1956		 Succeeded by
Ivor Stanley Watkins
Preceded by
John W C Wand		 Bishop of London
1956 – 1961		 Succeeded by
Robert Stopford
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