Herbert Bury


Herbert Bury was an Anglican bishop in the first decades of the 20th century.
He was appointed Bishop of British Honduras in 1908, remaining there until 1911, and was then Bishop for Northern and Central Europe until 1926.

Life

Born in 1854, Bury was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford and ordained in 1878. After further incumbencies at Westminster St James, Newchurch in Rossendale and Hampstead he was appointed Bishop of Honduras in 1908, a post he held for three years. He was Bishop for Northern and Central Europe from then until 1926. An eminent author, he died on 15 January 1933.

Selected publications