Cecil Horsley Explained

Cecil Douglas Horsley (26 July 190610 March 1953) was a British Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Colombo[1] then of Gibraltar[2] in the mid 20th century.

He was born in Gillingham, Kent, on 26 July 1906[3] and educated at Brighton College[4] and Queens' College, Cambridge, before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with curacies at Romsey Abbey and St Saviour's, Ealing.[5] He was ordained priest on Trinity Sunday (15 June) 1930, by Theodore Woods, Bishop of Winchester, at Winchester Cathedral. After this he was vicar of St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood,[6] before his elevation to the episcopate[7] in 1938.[8] He was consecrated Bishop of Colombo on All Saints' Day (17 November) 1938, by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.

He was translated to Gibraltar[9] on 25 September 1947 (invested by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace Chapel). A sub-prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died in post on 10 March 1953.[10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/India/ceylon.html The Ceylon Liturgy
  2. http://www.gibconnect.com/~holytrinity/lower.php?filename=bishops.php Bishops of Gibraltar
  3. http://lyons.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I9400&tree=T1&PHPSESSID=233fd1630f3f621299ecf9344afe94ae Family tree guide
  4. Who Was Who 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007
  5. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940–41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  6. http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/offroadrunner/vicars.htm Vicars of St John’s
  7. http://www.stcmloba.net/html/News%20Letter/Jul02/college_coat_of_arms.htm St Thomas' College
  8. "Bishop of Colombo Young London Vicar Elected", The Times, Thursday 14 July 1938; p. 13; Issue 48046; col D
  9. "Ecclesiastical News New Bishop Of Gibraltar", The Times, Saturday 3 May 1947; p. 7; Issue 50751; col F
  10. Web site: Guild of all Souls . 2009-11-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081120171004/http://www.guildofallsouls.org.uk/In%20Memoriam%20March.htm# . 2008-11-20 . dead .
  11. "Obituary The Right Rev. C. D. Horsley Bishop Of Gibraltar", The Times, Wednesday 11 March 1953; p. 10; Issue 52567; col D

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