George Hand (bishop) explained

George Sumner Hand was a Colonial^[1] Anglican Bishop in the first half of the 20th century.

He was educated at Bloxham School and St John's College, Oxford.^[2] He was Rector of St Lawrence^[3] with St Gregory, Norwich^[4] and later was Dean of St John's Cathedral, Antigua^[5] before his elevation to the episcopate as bishop of that island in 1937;^[6] he was consecrated a bishop on St Peter's Day 1937 (29 June), by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral. He retired in 1944 and died the following year.^[7]

Notes

1. http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/Archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqSearch=RefNo=='Lang/1-186/156/153-63%20passim'&dsqCmd=Show.tcl National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
2. [Who's Who (UK)|“Who was Who”]
3. [The Times]
4. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/norwichgregory/norwichgregory.htm Norfolk churches
5. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
6. Ecclesiastical News Bishops' Consecration In St. Paul's The Times Tuesday, Jun 01, 1937; pg. 22; Issue 47699; col C
7. [The Times]