Herbert Bree

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Herbert Bree (4 January 1828 – 26 February 1899) was a colonial Anglican bishop from 1882 until 1899.[1]

Born in 1828, Herbert Bree was educated in Bury St Edmunds and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.[2][3] He was ordained in 1852.[4] After curacies in Suffolk he held incumbencies at Harkstead and Brampton[5] before his ordination to the episcopate as Bishop of Barbados in 1882.[6][7] He died in post on 26 Feb. 1899.[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ National Archives
  2. ↑ "Bree, Herbert (BRY846H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. 
  3. ↑ "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  5. ↑ Archdeaconry of Huntingdon
  6. ↑ All Saints, Barbados
  7. ↑ Diocesan web site
  8. ↑ The Times, Monday, Feb 27, 1899; pg. 6; Issue 35763; col E Obituary The Rt Rev H. Bree


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