William Holbech (bishop)
The Rt. Rev. William Arthur Holbech (14 December 1850 – 7 March 1930) was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.[citation needed]
Born on 14 December 1850, he was the third son of the Rev. Charles Holbech.[1] The Holbech family owned Farnborough Hall, near Farnborough, Warwickshire. Educated at Eton and Brasenose College, Oxford,[2] he was ordained in 1874.[3]
Following a curacy at St Mark’s, Lakenham,[4] Holbech emigrated to South Africa where he was a Mission Priest before promotion to be the Archdeacon of Kimberley[5] and Rector of St Cyprian's Church (where he served through the Siege of Kimberley), then Dean of Bloemfontein.[6] In 1905 he became Bishop of St Helena,[7] a post he held until his death on 7 March 1930.
His nephew was William Holbech.
Notes
[edit]- ↑ "Holbech, Rt Rev. William Arthur". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 18 November 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
- ↑ Church photo
- ↑ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1320.
- ↑ University of the Witwatersrand
- ↑ The Times, Tuesday, 1 August 1905; pg. 8; Issue 37774; col B Ecclesiastical Intelligence
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