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'''Anthony Leigh Egerton Hoskyns-Abrahall''' (13 October 1903{{snd}}1 May 1982)<ref name="ww">{{Who's Who | surname = Hoskyns-Abrahall | othernames = Anthony Leigh Egerton | id = U165481 | type = was | volume = 1920–2016 | edition = April 2014 online | accessed = 25 January 2017 }}</ref> was an [[Anglican]] [[priest]] and [[bishop]] who served as the [[Anglican Bishop of Lancaster|Bishop of Lancaster]] (a [[suffragan bishop]] in the [[Diocese of Blackburn]]) from 1955 until 1975.<ref name="BP">Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'' (107th edition) volume 2. ([[Wilmington, Delaware]]: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003). p. 1970.</ref>
'''Anthony Leigh Egerton Hoskyns-Abrahall''' (13 October 1903{{snd}}1 May 1982)<ref name="ww">{{Who's Who | surname = Hoskyns-Abrahall | othernames = Anthony Leigh Egerton | id = U165481 | type = was | volume = 1920–2016 | edition = April 2014 online | accessed = 25 January 2017 }}</ref> was an [[Anglican]] [[priest]] and [[bishop]] who served as the [[Anglican Bishop of Lancaster|Bishop of Lancaster]] (a [[suffragan bishop]] in the [[Diocese of Blackburn]]) from 1955 until 1975.<ref name="BP">Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'' (107th edition) volume 2. ([[Wilmington, Delaware]]: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003). p. 1970.</ref>


Son of Bennet and of Edith née Tapp, and descended from the [[Hoskyns baronets]],<ref name="BP" /> Hoskyns-Abrahall was trained at the [[Royal Naval College, Osborne]], and [[Britannia Royal Naval College|Dartmouth]]), serving as a [[Lieutenant (navy )|naval lieutenant]] as a Lieutenant he was PT instructor at RNC Dartmouth. He played Cricket for the Navy, Soccer for the Navl Officers, Rugby for Portsmouth Combined Services, he boxed for the Navy and had a handicap of about 2 at golf; before training for the ministry at [[Westcott House, Cambridge]].<ref name="ww" /> He was [[ordained]] a [[deacon]] on 27 September 1931<ref>{{Church Times | title = Ordinations. | archive = 1931_10_02_357 | issue = 3584 | date = 2 October 1931 | page = 357 | accessed = 25 January 2017 }}</ref> and a [[priest]] on 18 December 1932 (both times by [[Neville Lovett]], [[Bishop of Portsmouth (Anglican)|Bishop of Portsmouth]], at [[Portsmouth Cathedral]]),<ref>{{Church Times | title = Advent ordinations. | archive = 1932_12_23_787 | issue = 3648 | date = 23 December 1932 | page = 787 | accessed = 25 January 2017 }}</ref> and was a [[curate]] at St Mary's Portsea before becoming a [[chaplain]] at [[Shrewsbury School]].<ref name="crock">''[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]] 1975–1976'' (London: [[Oxford University Press]], 1976) {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}</ref> He served St Wilfrid's [[Harrogate]] as chaplain, married Margaret Storey in 1937 — they had two sons and one daughter.<ref name="ww" />
Son of Bennet and of Edith née Tapp, and descended from the [[Hoskyns baronets]],<ref name="BP" /> Hoskyns-Abrahall was educated at [[Shrewsbury School]] and trained at the [[Royal Naval College, Osborne]], and [[Britannia Royal Naval College|Dartmouth]]), serving as a [[Lieutenant (navy )|naval lieutenant]] as a Lieutenant he was PT instructor at RNC Dartmouth. He played Cricket for the Navy, Soccer for the Navl Officers, Rugby for Portsmouth Combined Services, he boxed for the Navy and had a handicap of about 2 at golf; before training for the ministry at [[Westcott House, Cambridge]].<ref name="ww" /> He was [[ordained]] a [[deacon]] on 27 September 1931<ref>{{Church Times | title = Ordinations. | archive = 1931_10_02_357 | issue = 3584 | date = 2 October 1931 | page = 357 | accessed = 25 January 2017 }}</ref> and a [[priest]] on 18 December 1932 (both times by [[Neville Lovett]], [[Bishop of Portsmouth (Anglican)|Bishop of Portsmouth]], at [[Portsmouth Cathedral]]),<ref>{{Church Times | title = Advent ordinations. | archive = 1932_12_23_787 | issue = 3648 | date = 23 December 1932 | page = 787 | accessed = 25 January 2017 }}</ref> and was a [[curate]] at St Mary's Portsea before becoming a [[chaplain]] at [[Shrewsbury School]].<ref name="crock">''[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]] 1975–1976'' (London: [[Oxford University Press]], 1976) {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}</ref> He served St Wilfrid's [[Harrogate]] as chaplain, married Margaret Storey in 1937 — they had two sons and one daughter.<ref name="ww" />


During the [[Second World War]] was a chaplain with the [[RNVR]]<ref name="crock" /> and was then [[Vicar]] of St Michael's [[Aldershot]] (and later also Rural Dean of Aldershot) before his appointment to the [[Episcopal See|episcopate]].<ref name="times">"Deaths: A. L. E. Hoskyns-Abrahall", ''[[The Times]]'', 13 July 1982, p. 12.</ref> He was consecrated and ordained a bishop on 1 February 1955<ref>{{Church Times | title = York Consecration | archive = 1955_01_28_011 | issue = 4799 | date = 28 January 1955 | page = 11 | accessed = 25 January 2017 }}</ref> by [[Cyril Garbett]], [[Archbishop of York]], in [[York Minster]],<ref>{{Church Times | title = Two bishops consecrated in York Minster | archive = 1955_02_11_024 | issue = 4801 | date = 11 February 1955 | page = 24 | accessed = 25 January 2017 }}</ref> and served as [[Anglican Bishop of Lancaster|Bishop suffragan of Lancaster]] (in the [[Diocese of Blackburn]]) until his retirement on 1 January 1975.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Retirement of a suffragan | archive = 1974_05_03_003 | issue = 5803 | date = 3 May 1974 | page = 3 | accessed = 25 January 2017 }}</ref> In retirement, he continued to serve that diocese as an [[honorary assistant bishop]].<ref name="ww" />
During the [[Second World War]] was a chaplain with the [[RNVR]]<ref name="crock" /> and was then [[Vicar]] of St Michael's [[Aldershot]] (and later also Rural Dean of Aldershot) before his appointment to the [[Episcopal See|episcopate]].<ref name="times">"Deaths: A. L. E. Hoskyns-Abrahall", ''[[The Times]]'', 13 July 1982, p. 12.</ref> He was consecrated and ordained a bishop on 1 February 1955<ref>{{Church Times | title = York Consecration | archive = 1955_01_28_011 | issue = 4799 | date = 28 January 1955 | page = 11 | accessed = 25 January 2017 }}</ref> by [[Cyril Garbett]], [[Archbishop of York]], in [[York Minster]],<ref>{{Church Times | title = Two bishops consecrated in York Minster | archive = 1955_02_11_024 | issue = 4801 | date = 11 February 1955 | page = 24 | accessed = 25 January 2017 }}</ref> and served as [[Anglican Bishop of Lancaster|Bishop suffragan of Lancaster]] (in the [[Diocese of Blackburn]]) until his retirement on 1 January 1975.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Retirement of a suffragan | archive = 1974_05_03_003 | issue = 5803 | date = 3 May 1974 | page = 3 | accessed = 25 January 2017 }}</ref> In retirement, he continued to serve that diocese as an [[honorary assistant bishop]].<ref name="ww" />

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Anthony Hoskyns-Abrahall
Bishop of Lancaster
St Mary's, Portsea
DioceseDiocese of Blackburn
In office1955–1975
PredecessorBenjamin Pollard
SuccessorDennis Page
Other post(s)Honorary assistant bishop (Blackburn, 1975–1982)
Orders
Ordination1931 (deacon); 1932 (priest)
Consecration1955
by Cyril Garbett
Personal details
Born(1903-10-13)13 October 1903
Died1 May 1982(1982-05-01) (aged 78)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsBennet & Edith née Tapp
SpouseMargaret née Storey
Children2 sons; 1 daughter
Alma materRoyal Naval College (Osborne and Dartmouth)

Anthony Leigh Egerton Hoskyns-Abrahall (13 October 1903 – 1 May 1982)[1] was an Anglican priest and bishop who served as the Bishop of Lancaster (a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Blackburn) from 1955 until 1975.[2]

Son of Bennet and of Edith née Tapp, and descended from the Hoskyns baronets,[2] Hoskyns-Abrahall was educated at Shrewsbury School and trained at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and Dartmouth), serving as a naval lieutenant as a Lieutenant he was PT instructor at RNC Dartmouth. He played Cricket for the Navy, Soccer for the Navl Officers, Rugby for Portsmouth Combined Services, he boxed for the Navy and had a handicap of about 2 at golf; before training for the ministry at Westcott House, Cambridge.[1] He was ordained a deacon on 27 September 1931[3] and a priest on 18 December 1932 (both times by Neville Lovett, Bishop of Portsmouth, at Portsmouth Cathedral),[4] and was a curate at St Mary's Portsea before becoming a chaplain at Shrewsbury School.[5] He served St Wilfrid's Harrogate as chaplain, married Margaret Storey in 1937 — they had two sons and one daughter.[1]

During the Second World War was a chaplain with the RNVR[5] and was then Vicar of St Michael's Aldershot (and later also Rural Dean of Aldershot) before his appointment to the episcopate.[6] He was consecrated and ordained a bishop on 1 February 1955[7] by Cyril Garbett, Archbishop of York, in York Minster,[8] and served as Bishop suffragan of Lancaster (in the Diocese of Blackburn) until his retirement on 1 January 1975.[9] In retirement, he continued to serve that diocese as an honorary assistant bishop.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hoskyns-Abrahall. "Hoskyns-Abrahall, Anthony Leigh Egerton". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ a b Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage (107th edition) volume 2. (Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003). p. 1970.
  3. ^ "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 3584. 2 October 1931. p. 357. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  4. ^ "Advent ordinations". Church Times. No. 3648. 23 December 1932. p. 787. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  5. ^ a b Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–1976 (London: Oxford University Press, 1976) ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  6. ^ "Deaths: A. L. E. Hoskyns-Abrahall", The Times, 13 July 1982, p. 12.
  7. ^ "York Consecration". Church Times. No. 4799. 28 January 1955. p. 11. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  8. ^ "Two bishops consecrated in York Minster". Church Times. No. 4801. 11 February 1955. p. 24. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  9. ^ "Retirement of a suffragan". Church Times. No. 5803. 3 May 1974. p. 3. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
Religious titles
Preceded by Bishop of Lancaster
1955–1975
Succeeded by