Frank Norris (bishop) explained

Francis Lushington Norris (1 September 1864 – 2 July 1945) was an Anglican missionary bishop.^[1]

Norris was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1888,^[2] his first ministry position was as a curate at Tewkesbury Abbey.^[3] after which he went to China as an SPG missionary,^[4] serving largely in Peking.^[5] In 1914 he became the Bishop of North China.^[6] He retired in 1940 and died of pneumonia on 2 July 1945 in the Japanese Prisoner of War Camp, Shanghai.^[7]

Notes and References

1. [Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897–1990]
2. [The Times]
3. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
4. http://genealogy.links.org/links-cgi/readged?/home/ben/camilla-genealogy/current+c-lushington88904+2-2-0-1-0 Genealogical web site
5. Book: [[Richard Malden|Malden Richard (ed)]] . Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) . London . The Field Press. 269. 1920 .
6. [The Times]
7. Obituary The Times 24 July 1945; pg. 6; Issue 50202; col E