Russell Darbyshire
John Russell Darbyshire (1880 – 30 June 1948) was an Anglican priest[1] in the first half of the 20th century.[2]
He was born in Birkenhead in Cheshire in 1880, the son of Edward and Matilda Darbyshire,[3] and educated at Dulwich College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[4]
Ordained in 1905,[5] his first post was as a Curate at St Andrew the Less, Cambridge[6] after which he was Vice-Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge. Later he was Vicar of St Luke, Liverpool then a Canon Residentiary at Manchester Cathedral. From 1922 to 1931[7] he was Archdeacon of Sheffield, his last post before elevation to the Episcopate as Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway[8]- a post he held until 1938. In that year he was appointed Archbishop of Cape Town.[9]
He was created a Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in 1938.[10]
He visited England to attend the Lambeth Conference in 1948, and died in London on 30 June 1948.[11]
He never married.
A set of iron gates were erected in his memory at St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town.[12]
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| Preceded by | Archdeacon of Sheffield 1922–1931 |
Succeeded by Alfred Charles Eustace Jarvis |
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway 1931 – 1938 |
Succeeded by John Charles Halland How |
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| Preceded by | Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town 1938 – 1948 |
Succeeded by Geoffrey Hare Clayton |
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- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ National Archives, 1901 England Census, reference RG 13/650
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- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ↑ Genuki
- ↑ Honorary graduates of Sheffield University
- ↑ List of the Bishops of Glasgow
- ↑ The Times, Saturday, Oct 01, 1938; pg. 11; Issue 48114; col E Archbishop of Cape Town enthroned
- ↑ London Gazette
- ↑ Obituary Archbishop Of Cape Town The Times Thursday, Jul 01, 1948; pg. 6; Issue 51112; col C
- ↑ Cathedral web site
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