Cyril Bardsley (1870-1940; WWW), son of Canon James Bardsley, vicar of Huddersfield, 1884-1901; curate of Huddersfield, 1895-1900; vicar of St Helen's, Lancashire, 1904-10; hon. sec of the Church Missionary Society, 1910-24, and continued to be an evangelical promoter of missionary causes; secretary of the National Mission of Repentance and Hope, 1916-18; bishop of Peterborough, 1924-27, before choosing, on the division of his diocese, to become the first bishop of Leicester, 1927-40. See also V56.

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• 12 Oct 1916