William Hardie (archbishop of the West Indies) explained
William George Hardie, CBE,[1] (20 August 1878 – 21 February 1950) was a long serving Anglican Bishop of Jamaica from 1931 until 1949; and for the last four of that time Archbishop of the West Indies.
He was born in 1878 and educated at Highgate School from 1889 to 1890,[2] then at Giggleswick School[3] and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. From Ridley Hall, Cambridge he was ordained in 1902.[4] His first posts were curacies at Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge[5] and then Christ Church, Greenwich.[6] Later he held incumbencies at Holy Trinity, Swansea,[7] St John's, Lowestoft[8] and St Luke's, Finchley.[9] In 1928 he was appointed Assistant Bishop[10] of Jamaica[11] before promotion to be its Diocesan three years later.[12] He was invested Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1950 New Year Honours.
He died on 21 February 1950.
Notes and References
- http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/issues/38797/supplements/23/page.pdf London Gazette
- Book: ed. Boreham. J.Y.. Highgate School Register 1838-1938. 143. 4th.
- [Who's Who (UK)|"Who was Who"]
- [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
- http://www.htcambridge.org.uk/ Church website (1)
- http://www.christchurchgreenwich.org/ Church website (2)
- http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Swansea/HolyTrinity/ Genuki
- http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/lowesjohn.html Now demolished
- http://www.stpaulsfinchley.org.uk/ Church website (3)
- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=7&CATID=-3866257&FullDetails=True&Gsm=2007-07-10&j=1 National Archives
- New Assistant Bishop of Jamaica The Times Saturday, 31 December 1927; pg. 10; Issue 44778; col E
- New Bishop of Jamaica The Times Thursday, 21 May 1931; pg. 13; Issue 45828; col F
