Harold Buxton Explained
Harold Jocelyn Buxton[1] (20 June 1880 - 13 March 1976) was a British Church of England cleric. He was Bishop of Gibraltar[2] from 1933[3] to 1947.[4]
Buxton was born into a noble family, the son of Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet,[5] on 20 June 1880.[6] He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1904 he embarked on his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Cuthbert, Bensham.[7] From 1907 to 1910 he was Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Rangoon,[8] and from 1911 to 1914 curate of Thaxted. From 1914 to 1918 he was Vicar of Horley, Oxfordshire; during World War I he was also a temporary Chaplain to the Forces in France and attached to the Russian Red Cross at Erzurum in the Ottoman Empire.[9] From 1926 to 1927 he was Chaplain of St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem, and then, before his appointment to the episcopate,[10] Archdeacon of Cyprus from 1928[11] to 1932.[12] A Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died on 13 March 1976.[13]
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Notes and References
- http://www.pitts.emory.edu/Archives/text/mss207.html Pitts Theology Library
- http://www.gibconnect.com/~holytrinity/lower.php?filename=bishops.php Bishops of Gibraltar
- See Of Gibraltar H. J. Buxton Appointed The Times Friday, Feb 03, 1933; pg. 10; Issue 46359; col C
- Ecclesiastical News Resignation of the Bishop Of Gibraltar The Times Saturday, May 03, 1947; pg. 7; Issue 50751; col F
- [Who's Who (UK)|“Who was Who”]
- http://thepeerage.com/p19693.htm thePeerage.com
- Web site: Photo of church . 2009-11-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723142308/http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/Local%20Studies%20Photos/Jpgs/GL011057.jpg . 2011-07-23 . dead .
- http://www.pyinoolwin.info/historical_church_photographs.htm Historical church photographs
- [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=109-aa_1-1_1-2&cid=1-9-1-8-10#1-9-1-8-10 National Archives
- http://www.pennyghael.org.uk/Bell.pdf pennyghael
- Ecclesiastical News. Archdeacons In Cyprus And Palestine The Times Saturday, Dec 01, 1928; pg. 15; Issue 45065; col C
- [The Times]
