george, westcott, royal, navy, officer, george, blagdon, westcott, christianity, portalgeorge, herbert, westcott, april, 1862, january, 1928, bishop, lucknow, from, 1910, until, death, 1928, george, herbert, westcott, born, into, very, distinguished, clerical,. For the Royal Navy officer see George Blagdon Westcott Christianity portalGeorge Herbert Westcott 18 April 1862 16 January 1928 was the Bishop of Lucknow from 1910 until his death in 1928 1 George Herbert Westcott was born into a very distinguished clerical family his father Brooke Westcott was Bishop of Durham from 1890 until 1901 and his younger brother Foss Westcott would be Bishop of Calcutta and Metropolitan of India from 1919 until 1945 He was educated at Marlborough College and Peterhouse Cambridge 2 He was ordained in 1886 and after a brief period as Chaplain at his old school emigrated to India where he worked as a missionary with the SPG From 1898 he was Examining Chaplain to the inaugural Bishop of Lucknow 3 whom in time he succeeded 4 He died in post on 16 January 1928 his Times obituary noting his missionary zeal to secure the self government of the Indian Church 5 Notes edit Who was Who 1897 1990 London A amp C Black 1991 ISBN 0 7136 3457 X Westcott George Herbert WSTT882GH A Cambridge Alumni Database University of Cambridge The Times Thursday 20 April 1893 pg 12 Issue 33930 col C Ecclesiastical Intelligence Colonial appointments The Times Monday 16 May 1910 pg 8 Issue 39273 col B New Bishop Of Lucknow Tuesday 17 January 1928 pg 16 Issue 44792 col D Obituary Rt Rev GH Westcott Church of England titlesPreceded byAlfred Clifford Bishop of Lucknow1910 1928 Succeeded byCharles John Godfrey Saunders nbsp This article about an Anglican bishop is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biography of a United Kingdom religious figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article about person in connection with Christianity is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Westcott amp oldid 1110918389, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
