Gerald Sharp

Gerald Sharp (27 October 1865 – 30 August 1933)[1] was an English-born Anglican clergyman, who served as Archbishop of Brisbane from 1921 until his death in 1933.

[1] Sharp was educated at Manchester Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge, with a scholarship in 1883, and graduated B.A.

He was a curate of Rowbarton 1889-93 and at Hammersmith, London (1893–98), became vicar of Whitkirk, Yorkshire, in 1898, and in 1909 was proctor of convocation, Archdeaconry of Ripon.

He was a member of the University of Queensland senate from 1923 and was several times president of the Brisbane branch of the League of Nations Union.

[1][3] He died of renal failure while still in office on 30 August 1933 and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.