Arthur Preston (bishop)
Arthur Llewellyn Preston was the third Bishop of Woolwich.[1]
Born in 1883 into a distinguished family[2] and educated at Charterhouse and University College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1905. His first post was at St Mark’s, Plumstead [3] after which he was Vicar at St James the Great, Bethnal Green .[4] A much respected Rural Dean of Lewisham and later Archdeacon of Lewisham[5] he was appointed a Cathedral Canon by the Bishop of Southwark in 1930 and Suffragan Bishop two years later. In 1936 he died whilst aboard his brother’s yacht.[6] At his memorial service he was described by his fellow Bishop Edgar Priestley Swain[7] as
“ A man of great gifts, one of the most thoroughly human persons I have ever known”[8]
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Notes
- ↑ Bishopric Of Woolwich The Vicar Of Lewisham Appointed (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Thursday, Nov 03, 1932; pg. 12; Issue 46281; col D
- ↑ His brother Sir Walter was the Member of Parliament for Mile End then Cheltenham between the wars -Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ↑ Details of parish
- ↑ History of church
- ↑ Who’s Who (ibid)
- ↑ The Bishop Of Woolwich Death In A Yacht (Obituaries) The Times Tuesday, Jul 21, 1936; pg. 18; Issue 47432; col D
- ↑ Suffragan Bishop of Burnley
- ↑ The Times, Wednesday, Jul 29, 1936; pg. 14; Issue 47439; col E The Bishop Of Woolwich Tribute by the Bishop of Burnley
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| Preceded by William Woodcock Hough |
Bishop of Woolwich 1932 – 1936 |
Succeeded by Leslie Hamilton Lang |
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