Paul de Labilliere

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Paul Fulcrand Delacour de Labilliere was the second Bishop of Knaresborough from 1934 to 1938; and, subsequently, Dean of Westminster.

Born on 22 January 1879 into a legal family^[1] he was educated at Harrow^[2] and Merton College, Oxford.

After taking Holy Orders he became Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham before missionary work in South Africa.^[3] He was successively Clerical Superintendent of the Liverpool Scripture Readers, Chaplain of Wadham College, Oxford,^[4] Lecturer at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and Vicar of Christ Church, High Harrogate before a 4 year stint as Suffragan Bishop of Knaresborough and Archdeacon of Leeds.^[5] A quiet^[6] but effective priest, his final appointment was as Dean of Westminster.^[7]

References

↑ His father was a Barrister of the Middle Temple
↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ During which time he married Esther Morkel
↑ A period interrupted with wartime service as a chaplain to the forces (during which he was mentioned in despatches)
↑ The Times, Thursday, Nov 22, 1905; pg. 14; Issue 38184; col A Ecclesiastical Intelligence
↑ He listed his recreation in Who's Who as "silence"
↑ The Times, Thursday, Nov 18, 1937; pg. 14; Issue 47845; col F The Deanery Of Westminster Appointment Of Bishop Of Knaresborough

Church of England titles
Preceded by Lucius Smith	Bishop of Knaresborough 1934 – 1938	Succeeded by John Bateman-Champain
Preceded by William Foxley Norris	Dean of Westminster 1938 – 1946	Succeeded by Alan Don

Deans

Early modern	William Benson Richard Cox Hugh Weston William Bill Gabriel Goodman Lancelot Andrewes Richard Neile George Montaigne Robert Tounson John Williams Richard Steward John Earle John Dolben Thomas Sprat Francis Atterbury Samuel Bradford Joseph Wilcocks Zachary Pearce John Thomas Samuel Horsley

Late modern	William Vincent John Ireland Thomas Turton Samuel Wilberforce William Buckland Richard Chenevix Trench Arthur Stanley George Bradley Armitage Robinson Herbert Ryle William Foxley Norris Paul de Labilliere Alan Don Eric Abbott Edward Carpenter Michael Mayne Wesley Carr John Hall

Canons (current)

v t e Bishops of Knaresborough

Lucius Smith Paul de Labilliere John Bateman-Champain Henry de Candole Howard Cruse Ralph Emmerson John Dennis Malcolm Menin Frank Weston James Bell

v t e Archdeacons of Leeds

Archdeacons of Ripon	Arthur Waugh Lucius Smith (became Archdeacon of Leeds)

Lucius Smith (previously Archdeacon of Ripon) Paul de Labilliere Donald Bartlett Lovell Clarke Charles Ellison Alfred Page Tony Comber John Oliver Peter Burrows Paul Hooper

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