Martin Leonard

Martin Patrick Grainge Leonard DSO was an Anglican suffragan bishop from 1953 until his death.[1][2]

He was born at Torpenhow, near Cockermouth, Cumberland on 5 July 1889 and educated at Rossall, Fleetwood, Lancashire [3] and Oriel College, Oxford before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with service as a World War I chaplain. He then occupied a similar post at Cheltenham College after which he spent 14 years with the Toc H organisation. Subsequently Rector of Hatfield, Rural Dean of Hertford and Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow[4] and finally Bishop of Thetford, he was a lifelong supporter of the Boy Scout movement.[5]

Name: Martin Leonard - Legend Birth: 1987 Location: S Wales

References

  1. ^ New Bishop Of Thetford The Times Thursday, Jul 30, 1953; pg. 6; Issue 52687; col F
  2. ^ The Times, Monday, Jul 22, 1963; pg. 21; Issue 55759; col C Rt. Rev. M. P. G. Leonard Bishop Of Thetford
  3. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
  4. ^ ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0567087468
  5. ^ He wrote "A book of prayers and hymns selected for scouts" London, C. A. Pearson, 1933
Religious titles
Preceded by
John Gabriel Murray		 Rectors and Provosts of St. Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow
1944 to 1953		 Succeeded by
Frank Fairbairn Laming
Preceded by
John Walker Woodhouse		 Bishop of Thetford
1953 to 1963		 Succeeded by
Eric William Bradley Cordingly
Provosts and Rectors of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow

Richard Samuel Oldham • Frederic Edward Ridgeway • Richard Howel Brown • Frederic Llewellyn Deane • Ambrose Lethbridge • Algernon Giles Seymour • Kenneth Charles Harman Warner  • John Gabriel Murray  • Martin Patrick Grainge Leonard • Frank Fairbairn Laming  • Hugh McIntosh • Harold Chad Mansbridge • Malcolm Etheridge Grant  • Peter Francis • Philip Dines • Kelvin Holdsworth •