Harold Buxton
The Rt Rev Harold Jocelyn Buxton [1] (20 June 1880 - 13 March 1976) was Bishop of Gibraltar[2] from 1933[3] to 1947.[4]
Harold Jocelyn Buxton was born into a noble family, the son of Sir Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet,[5] on 20 June 1880.[6] He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge .[7] In 1904 he embarked on his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Cuthbert, Bensham.[8] From 1907 to 1910 he was Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Rangoon,[9] and from 1911 to 1914 curate of Thaxted.[7] From 1914 to 1918 he was Vicar of Horley, Oxfordshire; during World War I he was also a temporary Chaplain to the Forces in France and attached to the Russian Red Cross at Erzerum.[7][10] From 1926 to 1927 he was Chaplain of St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem and then, before his elevation to the Episcopate,[11] Archdeacon of Cyprus from 1928 to 1932.[12] A Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died on 13 March 1976.[13]
Notes
- ↑ Pitts Theology Library
- ↑ Bishops of Gibraltar
- ↑ See Of Gibraltar The Rev. H. J. Buxton Appointed The Times Friday, Feb 03, 1933; pg. 10; Issue 46359; col C
- ↑ Ecclesiastical News Resignation of the Bishop Of Gibraltar The Times Saturday, May 03, 1947; pg. 7; Issue 50751; col F
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ thePeerage.com
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- ↑ Photo of church
- ↑ Historical church photographs
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ Ecclesiastical News. Archdeacons In Cyprus And Palestine The Times Saturday, Dec 01, 1928; pg. 15; Issue 45065; col C
- ↑ The Times, Mar 19, 1976; pg. 16; Issue 59657; col F The Rt Rev H. J. Buxton Former Bishop of Gibraltar
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