was the inaugural Bishop of Stockport whose 11-month tenure from November 1949,[1] until October 1950,[2] was one of the shortest in the Anglican Communion.
[3] Ordained in 1914 he was a curate at Bolsterstone before wartime service as a temporary chaplain.
Following the Armistice he was a Minor Canon at Sheffield Cathedral then Rector of Bangor Monachorum.
[4] A sideways move to Eccleston, Cheshire led to promotion to be Rural Dean of Malpas and finally, before his appointment to the episcopate, Archdeacon of Macclesfield.
He was ordained and consecrated a bishop on All Saints' Day (1 November) at York Minster.