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Harrington Lees

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Harrington Lees
Archbishop of Melbourne
Lees, c. 1920s
DioceseDiocese of Melbourne
In office1921  1929 (d.)
PredecessorLowther Clarke
SuccessorFrederick Head
Orders
Ordination1893 (deacon); 1894 (priest)
by William Stubbs (Oxford)
Consecration1921
by Randall Davidson (Canterbury)
Personal details
BornHarrington Clare Lees
(1870-03-17)17 March 1870
Died10 January 1929(1929-01-10) (aged 58)
DenominationAnglican
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge

Harrington Clare Lees (17 March 1870  10 January 1929) was the Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne from 1921 until his death.[1]

Lees was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, United Kingdom, the eldest son of William Lees, a cotton farmer and Justice of the Peace.[2]

Publications

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Lees' published works include:

  • St Paul's Epistles to Thessalonica (1905)
  • The Work of Witness and the Promise of Power (1908)
  • The Joy of Bible Study (1909)
  • The King's Highway (1910)
  • St Paul and his Converts (1910), third impression (1916)
  • Christ and his Slaves (1911)
  • The Sunshine of the Good News (1912)
  • The Divine Master in Home Life (1915)
  • The Practice of the Love of Christ (1915)
  • The Eyes of his Glory (1916)
  • St Paul's Friends (1917)
  • The Love that Ceases to Calculate (1918)
  • God's Garden and Ours (1918)
  • Failure and Recovery (1919)
  • The Starting Place of Victory (1919)
  • The Promise of Life The Life that is in Christ Jesus (1919)
  • The Divine Master in Home Life

Lees was also a contributor to Hastings' A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels.[2]

References

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  1. McKie, J. D (1986). "Lees, Harrington Clare (1870 - 1929)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  2. 1 2 Serle, Percival (1949). "Lees, Harrington Clare". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
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