Cyril Easthaugh MC [1] was an Anglican bishop who served two decade-long periods, firstly in Kensington and latterly Peterborough. An opponent of closer links with Methodism[2], he was born on 22 December 1897. Commissioned into the South Staffordshire Regiment during the Great War he served with distinction, winning the Military Cross in 1917[3]. He was ordained priest in 1930 and was Chaplain at Cuddesdon until 1934; and then Vice-Principal until 1935. He was then Vicar of St John the Divine Kennington[4] for fourteen years before elevation to the Episcopate as Bishop of Kensington. In 1961 he was promoted to the Peterborough See where he served until retirement in 1971[5]. For a further decade he continued to serve as chairman of the Christian Evidence Society[6]. He died on 16 December 1988 leaving a widow, Lady Laura Mary Easthaugh (née Palmer) 3rd daughter of the Earl of Selborne[7].
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| Preceded by Henry Colville Montgomery Campbell |
Bishop of Kensington 1949 – 1961 |
Succeeded by Edwards James Keymer Roberts |
| Preceded by Robert Stopford |
Bishop of Peterborough 1961 – 1972 |
Succeeded by Douglas Russell Feaver |
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