Priestley Swain Explained

Edgar Priestley Swain (11 April 1881 – 25 July 1949) was the fourth Bishop of Burnley from 1931 until 1950.^[1]

Biography

Born in Stoke Newington, London,^[2] he was the son of banker Harry Edwin Swain and Elizabeth Milsted.^[3] He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was successively Curate of Holy Trinity with All Souls, Birchfield,^[4] Chaplain to the Bishop of Birmingham, Vicar of Putney and Rural Dean of Barnes before ascending to the Episcopate. A man "whose great gifts marked him out for preferment," his scholarship was considered a great asset to the Church in the mid-20th century.^{[5] [6]}

He died in Burnley while in office in 1949.^[6]

Notes and References

1. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=055-pr3096&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18 Details of Funeral service
2. 1911 England Census
3. London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1917
4. [Who's Who|''Who was Who 1897–2007'']
5. India and the Church: being impressions of some members of the Mission of Help. Swain, EP (Ed):London, SPCK, 1923
6. News: Obituary: The Bishop of Burnley . . 27 July 1949 . 7 .