Philip Loyd Explained

Philip Henry Loyd (8 July 1884 - 11 January 1952) was an eminent Anglican Bishop and author,^[1] in the second quarter of the 20th century. He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge^[2] and ordained in 1911.^[3] His first post was as a Curate at St Mary of Eton, Hackney Wick^[4] after which he was Vice-Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon. From 1915 to 1944 he served the church in India rising in time to be Bishop of Nasik.^[5] In that year he was translated to St Albans where he served the Episcopate for a further six years.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Amongst others he wrote "The Way according to S. Mark", 1935; "By Faith with Thanksgiving", 1936; "The Life according to St John", 1936; "The Treasures of the Heart of Jesus", 1938; "Doers of the Word", 1939;and "Teach Me Thy Statutes", 1941 > British Library web site accessed 18:48GMT Monday 27 July 2009
2. [Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897-2007]
3. "The Clergy List" London, Kelly’s, 1913
4. https://web.archive.org/web/19991117184914/http://www.stmaryofeton.freeuk.com/ Church web site
5. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=109-aa_1-1_1-2&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 National Archives
6. Bishop of St Albans resigns The Times Friday, 3 Feb 1950; pg. 4; Issue 51606; col E