The Rt Rev Herbert Linford Gwyer was the second Bishop of George, [1] and a survivor of the sinking of RMS Lusitania. [2]
He was educated at Uppingham and Magdalene College, Cambridge. [3] After a period of study at Westcott House, Cambridge he was ordained in 1906 and he began his career with a curacy in Kirkburton after which he was a missionary in Qu'Appelle. [4] A World War I Chaplain to the Forces, he was later Vicar of Christ Church, Staincliffe and St Johns, Wakefield before his elevation to the episcopate. [5] He died on 18 November 1960. [6]
The Rt Rev Herbert Linford Gwyer was the second Bishop of George, [1] and a survivor of the sinking of RMS Lusitania. [2]
He was educated at Uppingham and Magdalene College, Cambridge. [3] After a period of study at Westcott House, Cambridge he was ordained in 1906 and he began his career with a curacy in Kirkburton after which he was a missionary in Qu'Appelle. [4] A World War I Chaplain to the Forces, he was later Vicar of Christ Church, Staincliffe and St Johns, Wakefield before his elevation to the episcopate. [5] He died on 18 November 1960. [6]