William Hardie (archbishop of the West Indies)

William George Hardie, CBE,[1] (20 August 1878 – 21 February 1950) was a long serving Anglican Bishop of Jamaica from 1931 until 1949; and for the last four of that time Archbishop of the West Indies.

He was born in 1878 and educated at Highgate School from 1889 to 1890,[2] then at Giggleswick School[3] and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. From Ridley Hall, Cambridge he was ordained in 1902.[4][5] His first posts were curacies at Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge[6] and then Christ Church, Greenwich.[7] Later he held incumbencies at Holy Trinity, Swansea,[8] St John's, Lowestoft[9] and St Luke's, Finchley.[10] In 1928 he was appointed Assistant Bishop[11] of Jamaica[12] before promotion to be its Diocesan three years later.[13] He was invested Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1950 New Year Honours.

He died on 21 February 1950.

Notes
  1. London Gazette
  2. ed. Boreham, J.Y. Highgate School Register 1838-1938 (4th ed.). p. 143. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  3. "Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940–41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  5. "Hardie, William George (HRDY897WG)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. Church website (1)
  7. Church website (2)
  8. Genuki
  9. Now demolished
  10. Church website (3)
  11. National Archives
  12. New Assistant Bishop of Jamaica The Times Saturday, 31 December 1927; pg. 10; Issue 44778; col E
  13. New Bishop of Jamaica The Times Thursday, 21 May 1931; pg. 13; Issue 45828; col F


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