Henry Williams (bishop)

Henry Herbert Williams CH was born into an ecclesiastical family^[1] on 19 December 1872 and educated at St Peter's School, York and The Queen's College, Oxford. He began his ministry in 1900 as a tutor and lecturer in philosophy at Hertford College, Oxford^[2] and in 1913 he became Principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford.^[3] From 1920 to 1941 he was Bishop of Carlisle.^[4][5] He died on 29 September 1961.^[6]

References

1. He was the elder son the Rev J. Williams, Vicar of Poppleton > “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
2. St Giles, Oxford
3. St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. Institution Of The New Principal The Times Tuesday, 30 September 1913; p. 10; Issue 40330; col E
4. Bishops of Carlisle
5. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
6. Obituary Rt. Rev. H. H. Williams Former Bishop Of Carlisle The Times Saturday, 30 September 1961; p. 10; Issue 55200; col E

External links

• Works written by or about Henry Herbert Williams at Wikisource