Henry Bowlby (priest)

The Rev. Canon Henry Thomas Bowlby, M.A.,[1] (1864–1940) was an English cleric and headmaster of the English public school Lancing College, 190925.

Henry Thomas Bowlby

Life

He was the son of Henry Bond Bowlby, Bishop Suffragan of Coventry. He was educated at Charterhouse School and was an Exhibitioner of Balliol College, Oxford.[2] A member of Oxford University Athletics Club 188487, he was its president in 1886.

An Assistant Master at Eton College 18871909, Bowlby then became headmaster of Lancing. He was succeeded there by Cuthbert Harold Blakiston. He was a Canon of Chichester Cathedral 192530.

Bowlby died 7 February 1940.[3]

Family

He was father of Capt. Henry Russell Bowlby, also a Master at Lancing.[4]

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