Alston May
Alston May, Second Bishop of Northern Rhodesia (1914-1940)
Alston James Weller May was an Anglican bishop[1] in the first half of the 20th century.[2]
He was born in 1869 [3] and educated at Leeds Grammar School[4] and Oriel College, Oxford . After a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon he was ordained in 1894.[5] His first posts were curacies at All Souls, Leeds and St Mark, Portsmouth following which he was Curate in Charge of St Peter's, Chertsey.[6] In 1914 he was appointed the 2nd Bishop of Northern Rhodesia,[7] a post he held until his death on 17 July 1940.[8]
Notes[]
- ^ National Archives
- ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1261.
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ The Times, Friday, March 23, 1888; pg. 5; Issue 32341; col E University Intelligence Election of scholars
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- ^ Parish web-site
- ^ "Former Bishops". Archived from the original on 2005-12-25. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ^ The Times, Tuesday, July 23, 1940; pg. 7; Issue 48675; col F Obituary The Bishop of Northern Rhodesia
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