Cecil Henry Boutflower ( /ˈboʊflaʊər/)[1] was an Anglican bishop[2] who served both at home and abroad. He was born into a distinguished clerical family[3] at Brathay, Windermere in 1863 and educated at Uppingham and Christ Church, Oxford. Ordained in 1887[4] he began his career with a Curacy at St Mary, South Shields[5] and was then successively Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham, Vicar (then Archdeacon) of Barrow-in-Furness before ascending to the Episcopate, where he was to serve in three posts until retirement [6]. A staunch advocate of missionary service [7], he married late in life[8] and died on 19 March 1942.
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Preceded by Inaugural appointment |
Bishop of Dorking 1905 – 1909 |
Succeeded by interregnum |
Preceded by William Awdry |
Bishop of South Tokyo 1909 – 1921 |
Succeeded by Samuel Heaslett |
Preceded by James Macarthur |
Bishop of Southampton 1921–1933 |
Succeeded by Arthur Baillie Lumsdaine Karney |
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