Henry Bowlby (priest)

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Henry Thomas Bowlby

The Rev. Canon Henry Thomas Bowlby, M.A.,[1] (1864–1940) was an English cleric and headmaster of the English public school Lancing College, 1909–25.

Life[]

He was the son of Henry Bond Bowlby, Bishop Suffragan of Coventry. He was educated at Charterhouse School and was an Exhibitioner of Balliol College, Oxford.[2] A member of 1884–87, he was its President in 1886.

An Assistant Master at Eton College 1887–1909, Bowlby then became headmaster of Lancing. He was succeeded there by . He was a Canon of Chichester Cathedral 1925–30.

Bowlby died 7 February 1940.[3]

Family[]

He was father of Capt. , also a Master at Lancing.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Henry Thomas Bowlby - National Portrait Gallery".
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Bowlby, Henry Thomas" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
  4. ^ See the Lancing Register


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