Henry Southwell (bishop)

Henry Kemble Southwell CMG VD (20 November 1860 – 9 March 1937) was the third Bishop of Lewes from 1920 until 1926.

[6] He was awarded the Volunteer Decoration in 1906 and became commissioned as a Chaplain in the newly formed Territorial Army in 1908.

[1]Southwell died on 9 March 1937 in Chichester, aged 76,[9] his son having predeceased him during the First World War.

[10] He was buried in the churchyard at nearby Rumbaldswyke on 13 March, on the same day as a requiem service was held at St Mary's Church in his native Bridgnorth.

[11] A fund initiated after his death yielded enough contributions to provide a memorial,[12] which can be seen at St Cuthman Whitehawk in Brighton.