Herbert Bury
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Herbert Bury (19 June 1853Lincoln College Matriculation Register (LC/A/MR/4) p. 105. Retrieved 20 January 2024. [https://archives.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/records/LC/A/MR/4] – 15 January 1933) was an Anglican bishop in the first decades of the 20th century.
He was appointed Bishop of British Honduras in 1908, remaining there until 1911, and was then Bishop for Northern and Central Europe until 1926.
Life
Born in 1853, Bury was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}} and ordained in 1878."The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889 After further incumbencies at Westminster St James, Newchurch in Rossendale and Hampstead he was appointed Bishop of Honduras in 1908, a post he held for three years.{{cite book | last=Malden Richard (ed) | author-link= | title= Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) | location= London | publisher= The Field Press| pages=219| year=1920 | isbn=}} He was a coadjutor bishop to the Bishop of London — Bishop in Northern and Central Europe — from January 1911 until January 1926).{{Church Times | title = Church news | archive = 1926_01_08_034 | issue = 3285 | date = 8 January 1926 | page = 34 | accessed = 20 September 2020 }} For the sake of a stipend, he was appointed to a succession of near-sinecure City churches: Rector of St Katherine Coleman from June 1911,{{Church Times | title = Church news | archive = 1911_06_30_885 | issue = 2527 | date = 30 June 1911 | page = 885 | accessed = 20 September 2020 }} of St Peter, Vere Street from October 1916,{{Church Times | title = Church news | archive = 1916_10_13_314 | issue = 2803 | date = 13 October 1916 | page = 314 | accessed = 20 September 2020 }} Rector of St Anne and St Agnes from 31 March 1920{{Church Times | title = Church news | archive = 1920_04_09_372 | issue = 2985 | date = 9 April 1920 | page = 372 | accessed = 20 September 2020 }} (which he retained until his death).{{Church Times | title = Clerical obituary | archive = 1933_01_20_069 | issue = 3652 | date = 20 January 1933 | page = 69 | accessed = 20 September 2020 }} Having resigned his European responsibilities, he remained an Assistant Bishop of London.{{Church Times | title = advertisement | archive = 1929_09_27_337 | issue = 3479 | date = 27 September 1929 | page = 337 | accessed = 20 September 2020 }} An eminent author,Amongst others he wrote "A Bishop among Bananas", 1911; "Here and There in the War Area", 1916; "My Visit to Ruhleben", 1917; and "Experiences of a Travelling Bishop", 1930 > British Library website accessed 01:18 GMT Thursday 23 September 2010 he died on 15 January 1933.Bishop Bury (Obituaries) The Times Tuesday, 17 Jan 1933; pg. 14; Issue 46344; col B
Selected publications
- A Bishop amongst Bananas (London: Wells Gardner, Darton, 1911)
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