Leonard Burrows

Memorial in Sheffield Cathedral

Leonard Hedley Burrows^[1] was an Anglican bishop.

Born at Rugby, Warwickshire on 7 December 1857, he was educated at Charterhouse^[2] and New College, Oxford.^[3] Ordained in 1881, he was a Curate at Dorking after which he was Vicar of Wrecclesham and then Rural Dean of Godalming before his appointment as Bishop of Lewes.^[4] Translated to Sheffield in 1914 he served 25 years as its first Diocesan Bishop.^[5] He died on 6 February 1940.^[6]

Burrows was the father of Hedley Burrows (Dean of Hereford)^[7] and grandfather of Simon Burrows (Bishop of Buckingham).^[8]

References

1. NPG details
2. “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
3. University Intelligence. Oxford,Feb. 3 The Times Friday, February 04, 1881; pg. 12; Issue 30109; col B
4. New Suffragan Bishopric The Times Thursday, 27 May 1909; pg. 9; Issue 38970; col B
5. His predecessor Quirk was a Suffragan; Burrows the first Diocesan
6. Obituary- Rt Rev L.H Burrrows The Times Wednesday, February 07, 1940; pg. 11; Issue 48533; col F
7. ‘BURROWS, Very Rev. Hedley Robert’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007 , accessed 30 June 2012
8. ‘BURROWS, Rt Rev. Simon Hedley’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 , accessed 30 June 2012