Religion: | Anglican |
Nationality: | Manx |
Charles Leonard Thornton-Duesbury | |
Birth Place: | Isle of Man |
Birth Date: | 3 February 1867 |
Successor: | William Stanton Jones |
Predecessor: | Denton Thompson |
Term: | 1925–1928 (death) |
Bishop of Sodor and Man | |
Alma Mater: | Trinity College, Dublin |
Charles Leonard Thornton-Duesbury (3 February 186711 March 1928[1]) was an Anglican bishop[2] who served as the Bishop of Sodor and Man[3] from 1925[4] until his death in 1928.
Thornton-Duesbury was a native of the Isle of Man and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Ordained in 1891,[5] his first post was as a curate at St George's-in-the-East, London.[6] He then held incumbencies at St Mark's Barrow-in-Furness,[7] St Peter's Islington and St Mary's Leyton and finally (before his ordination to the episcopate)[8] Holy Trinity, Marylebone.[9]