James Roxburgh

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James William Roxburgh (5 July 1921 – 10 December 2007) was an Anglican bishop. He was the sixth Bishop of Barking (but first area bishop under the 1983 scheme){{cite web|title=4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002 |url=http://www.churchofengland.org/media/40670/chapter4.pdf|publisher=Church of England|accessdate=23 April 2013}} in the Church of England from 1983 to 1990.The Times, 9 February 1983; p12; Issue 61452; col C, "Bishop appointed"[http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2008/11-january/gazette/obituary-the-rt-revd-james-william-roxburgh Church Times obituary]

Roxburgh was educated at Whitgift School in South Croydon and St Catharine's College, Cambridge. His first appointment in ordained ministry was as a curate in Folkestone.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100524101504/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3484613.ece Times online] He then held incumbencies in Bootle, Drypool (Kingston upon Hull) and Barking.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} Before being ordained to the episcopate, he was the Archdeacon of Colchester. Following his retirement, he served as an Assistant Bishop in Liverpool.