Herbert St Barbe Holland (15 October 1882 – 9 June 1966) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century. [1] [2]
Holland was born in 1882, [3] the youngest of three sons of Canon William Lyall Holland of Cornhill-on-Tweed. He was educated at Durham School and University College, Oxford and ordained in 1908. [4]
Following a curacy at Jesmond Parish Church [5] he became Vicar of St Luke's, Newcastle upon Tyne. [6] From 1917 until 1924 he was Secretary of the Church Missionary Society and then Sub-Dean of Coventry. Finally (before his ordination to the episcopate) he was rector of Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire and, from 1929, the Archdeacon of Warwick. [7] In 1936 he became Bishop of Wellington, NZ. [8] A decade later he returned to England [9] as Dean of Norwich. [10] A friend of Clement Attlee, [11] he died in 1966, aged 83 [12] and later had a street in Norwich named in his honour. [13]
His son was the Rt Revd John Holland, Bishop of Polynesia.
Herbert St Barbe Holland (15 October 1882 – 9 June 1966) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century. [1] [2]
Holland was born in 1882, [3] the youngest of three sons of Canon William Lyall Holland of Cornhill-on-Tweed. He was educated at Durham School and University College, Oxford and ordained in 1908. [4]
Following a curacy at Jesmond Parish Church [5] he became Vicar of St Luke's, Newcastle upon Tyne. [6] From 1917 until 1924 he was Secretary of the Church Missionary Society and then Sub-Dean of Coventry. Finally (before his ordination to the episcopate) he was rector of Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire and, from 1929, the Archdeacon of Warwick. [7] In 1936 he became Bishop of Wellington, NZ. [8] A decade later he returned to England [9] as Dean of Norwich. [10] A friend of Clement Attlee, [11] he died in 1966, aged 83 [12] and later had a street in Norwich named in his honour. [13]
His son was the Rt Revd John Holland, Bishop of Polynesia.