Cecil Horsley

Cecil Douglas Horsley was Bishop of Colombo[1] then Gibraltar [2] in the mid 20th century.

He was born in Gillingham, Kent, on 26 July 1906[3] and educated at Brighton College[4] and Queens' College, Cambridge, before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with curacies at Romsey Abbey and St Saviour's, Ealing.[5] After this he was vicar of St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood,[6] before his elevation to the episcopate[7] in 1938.[8] He was translated to Gibraltar in 1947.[9] A sub-prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died in post on 10 March 1953.[10][11]

Notes

1. The Ceylon Liturgy
2. Bishops of Gibraltar Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
3. Family tree guide
4. Who Was Who 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
5. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
6. Vicars of St John’s Archived October 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
7. St Thomas' College
8. "Bishop Of Colombo Young London Vicar Elected", The Times, Thursday 14 July 1938; pg. 13; Issue 48046; col D
9. "Ecclesiastical News New Bishop Of Gibraltar", The Times, Saturday 3 May 1947; pg. 7; Issue 50751; col F
10. "Guild of all Souls". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
11. "Obituary The Right Rev. C. D. Horsley Bishop Of Gibraltar", The Times, Wednesday 11 March 1953; pg. 10; Issue 52567; col D