Henry Southwell (bishop)

Henry Kemble Southwell was the third Bishop of Lewes from 1920 until 1926. Born in 1860, and educated at Charterhouse and Magdalen College, Oxford ^[1] he held curacies at Ellesmere, Shropshire, St Clement's, Bournemouth and St Nicolas, Guildford; then incumbencies at Chetton^[2][3] and Bodmin before becoming a Canon Residentiary of Chichester Cathedral.^[4] Elevated to the Episcopate, initially with the additional title of Archdeacon of Lewes^[5] in 1920 he held office for six years and died on 9 March 1937,^[6] his son having predeceased him during the First World War.^[7] A fund initiated after his death yielded enough contributions to provide a memorial^[8] which can be seen at St Cuthman Whitehawk in Brighton.^[9]

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