Philip Herbert Eliot

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Philip Herbert Eliot was Bishop of Buckingham from 1921 to 1944. Born in 1862^[1] into an eminent ecclesiastical family^[2] on 5 October 1860, he was educated atMarlborough College and Oriel College, Oxford^[3] and ordained by the Bishop of Winchester in 1886^[4]. After a curacy at Portsea and spells as the incumbent at Winslow and Upton-cum-Chalvey he was appointed Rural Dean of Burnham before his ascension to the Episcopate. Described in hisTimes obituary as

”A man of natural ability and sound judgement, strictly impartial in his decisions”^[5]

he died on 1 April 1946.

Religious titles
Preceded by Edward Domett Shaw	Bishop of Buckingham 1921–1944	Succeeded by Robert Milton Hay

[edit] Notes

1. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
2. ^ His father was the Very Rev. Philip Frank Eliot,KCVO sometime Dean of Windsor
3. ^ The Times, Monday, Jun 29, 1885; pg. 8; Issue 31485; col C University Intelligence. Oxford, June 27
4. ^ The Times, Thursday, Jun 24, 1886; pg. 12; Issue 31794; col C Ordinations
5. ^ The Times, Tuesday, Apr 02, 1946; pg. 6; Issue 50416; col E Right Rev. P. H. Eliot

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