Herbert Bury

Herbert Bury (19 June 1853[1] – 15 January 1933) was an Anglican bishop in the first decades of the 20th century.

Born in 1853, Bury was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford[2] and ordained in 1878.

[3] After further incumbencies at Westminster St James, Newchurch in Rossendale and Hampstead he was appointed Bishop of Honduras in 1908, a post he held for three years.

[5] For the sake of a stipend, he was appointed to a succession of near-sinecure City churches: Rector of St Katherine Coleman from June 1911,[6] of St Peter, Vere Street from October 1916,[7] Rector of St Anne and St Agnes from 31 March 1920[8] (which he retained until his death).

[9] Having resigned his European responsibilities, he remained an Assistant Bishop of London.