Cyril Easthaugh

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Cyril Easthaugh MC^[1] was an Anglican bishop who served two decade-long periods, firstly in Kensington and latterly Peterborough.

An opponent of union with the Methodist Church,^[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's Kennington^[4] for fourteen years before his consecration to the episcopate as the Bishop of Kensington. In 1961 he became the Bishop of Peterborough until his retirement in 1971.^[5] For a further decade he continued 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]

References

↑ The family changed the spelling by adding an h in 1883 (“Who was Who 1987-1990”: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X)
↑ "Opponents of church unity gather their forces" (News) By Basil Gingell Religious Affairs Correspondent. The Times, 23 June 1971, p. 4.
↑ Mentioned in biography of Malcolm Muggeridge
↑ Details of parish
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76, London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
↑ Society History
↑ Marriage details

Church of England titles
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

v t e Bishops of Kensington

Frederick Ridgeway John Maud Bertram Simpson Henry Campbell Cyril Easthaugh Edward Roberts Ronald Goodchild Mark Santer John Hughes Michael Colclough Paul Williams

v t e Bishops of Peterborough

Early modern	John Chambers David Pole Edmund Scambler Richard Howland Thomas Dove William Piers Augustine Lindsell Francis Dee John Towers Benjamin Lany Joseph Henshaw William Lloyd Thomas White Richard Cumberland White Kennett Robert Clavering John Thomas Richard Terrick Robert Lamb John Hinchliffe

Late modern	Spencer Madan John Parsons Herbert Marsh George Davys Francis Jeune William Magee Mandell Creighton Edward Glyn Frank Woods Cyril Bardsley Claude Blagden Spencer Leeson Robert Stopford Cyril Easthaugh Douglas Feaver Bill Westwood Ian Cundy Donald Allister

Persondata
Name	Easthaugh, Cyril
Alternative names
Short description	British bishop
Date of birth	1897
Place of birth
Date of death	1988
Place of death

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