Henry Bowlby (priest) explained

The Rev. Canon Henry Thomas Bowlby, M.A.,[1] (1864–1940) was an English cleric and headmaster of the English public school Lancing College, 1909 - 25.

Life

He was the son of Henry Bond Bowlby, Bishop Suffragan of Coventry. He was educated at Charterhouse School and was an Exhibitioner of Balliol College, Oxford. A member of Oxford University Athletics Club 1884 - 87, he was its president in 1886.

An Assistant Master at Eton College 1887 - 1909, Bowlby then became headmaster of Lancing. He was succeeded there by Cuthbert Harold Blakiston. He was a Canon of Chichester Cathedral 1925 - 30.

Bowlby died 7 February 1940.[2]

Family

He was father of Capt. Henry Russell Bowlby, also a Master at Lancing.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Henry Thomas Bowlby - National Portrait Gallery.
  2. Web site: Home . freebmd.org.uk.
  3. See the Lancing Register