James Horstead

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James Lawrence Cecil Horstead CMG, CBE (16 February 1898 – 9 June 1989) was an Anglican bishop of Sierra Leone who later became Archbishop of West Africa.

He was educated at Christ's Hospital“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}} and (after World War I service)[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29862/supplements/12203/page.pdf London Gazette] Durham University. Horstead was President of the Durham Union for Easter term of 1921.{{cite book |last1=Campbell |first1=P. D. A. |title=A Short History of the Durham Union Society |date=1952 |publisher=Durham Union |page=17 |chapter=Appendix}} He was ordained in 1924[http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=ead/ddr/ddrords.xml Durham Diocesan Records: Ordination papers] and began his career with a curacy at St Margaret's Church, Durham.Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941 Emigrating to Africa he was Principal of Fourah Bay College until 1936 when he was elevated to the episcopate. In 1955 he became the Province's Primate, retiring in 1961. He was Rector of Appleby Magna until 1968 and an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Leicester until 1976.