The Rt Rev Harold Jocelyn Buxton [1] (20 June 1880 - 13 March 1976) was Bishop of Gibraltar [2] from 1933[3] to 1947.[4]
Harold Jocelyn Buxton was born into a noble family, the son of Sir Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet,[5] on 20 June 1880.[6] He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge .[7] In 1904 he embarked on his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Cuthbert, Bensham.[8] From 1907 to 1910 he was Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Rangoon,[9] and from 1911 to 1914 curate of Thaxted.[7] From 1914 to 1918 he was Vicar of Horley, Oxfordshire; during World War I he was also a temporary Chaplain to the Forces in France and attached to the Russian Red Cross at Erzerum.[7][10] Later he was Chaplain of St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem and then, before his elevation to the Episcopate,[11] Archdeacon of Cyprus.[12] A Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died on 13 March 1976.[13]
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| Preceded by Frederick Cyril Nugent Hicks |
Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe 1933– 1947 |
Succeeded by Cecil Douglas Horsley |
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