Leslie Stannard Hunter, DD (2 May 1890 – 15 July 1983) was the second Bishop of Sheffield from 1939 until 1962.
[1] Born on 2 May 1890 and educated at Kelvinside Academy[2] and New College, Oxford[3] he was ordained in 1915 and began his career with curacies at St Peter's, Brockley and St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square.
He was then a Residentiary Canon at Newcastle Cathedral after which he was Vicar of Barking.
[4] Hunter became the Bishop of Sheffield in 1939 and the chair of governors of the William Temple College.
He was a great supporter of the Principal Edith Batten who steered the college towards addressing key issues of the day and how they effected Christian faith.