Lloyd Morrell Explained

James Herbert Lloyd Morrell (called Lloyd; 12 August 1907^[1] 28 March 1996)^[2] was the seventh Bishop of Lewes.^{[3] [4]}

Biography

Morrell was educated at Dulwich College and King's College London.^[5] He was deaconed on Trinity Sunday 1931 (31 May) and priested the following Trinity Sunday (22 May 1932) — both times by Arthur Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of London, at St Paul's Cathedral. He began his career with curacies at St Alphage, Hendon and St Michael & All Angels, Brighton after which he was chaplain to George Bell, Bishop of Chichester and then a Lecturer for The Church of England Moral Welfare Council. From here he went to be Vicar of Roffey^[6] and then Archdeacon of Lewes before appointment to the Episcopate in 1959,^[7] serving eventually for eighteen years. He was consecrated a bishop on 30 November 1959, by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.

Notes and References

1. http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Obituary/1996/misc.html Birthdate
2. http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1996/march_28_1996_173439.html Death date
3. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=179-amsp&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 Material at The National Archives
4. His episcopal signature was "+Lloyd Lewen", Blagdon-Gamlen, P. E. (1973) The Church Travellers Directory. London: Church Literature Association; p. ii (foreword); (quaere whether this is a mistaken transcription of the signature: Lewes is a Suffragan Bishopric, and the signature would be “+Lloyd Lewes”).
5. Who’s Who. London, A & C Black, 1992
6. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976
7. [The Times]