Henry Montgomery Campbell was a Church of England clergyman and bishop of London from 1956-1961. He was born on 11 October 1887 and educated at Malvern and Brasenose College, Oxford. After a period of study at Wells Theological College he was ordained in 1910, his first post being a curacy at Alverstoke. After distinguished wartime service he held incumbencies at Poplar, Hackney, Hornsey and St George's, Hanover Square.

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  • Henry Montgomery Campbell was a Church of England clergyman and bishop of London from 1956-1961. He was born on 11 October 1887 and educated at Malvern and Brasenose College, Oxford. After a period of study at Wells Theological College he was ordained in 1910, his first post being a curacy at Alverstoke. After distinguished wartime service he held incumbencies at Poplar, Hackney, Hornsey and St George's, Hanover Square. These lead in time to his elevation to the episcopate: firstly as Bishop of Willesden, and then successively Kensington, Guildford and finally London, through which he became a Privy Councillor. A modest man, he said of his Bishoprics "Sometimes you need a man like me- one who is no figure in public life and no scholar- but simply and solely a Father in God who goes round the parishes visiting the chaps: the only thing I am any good at" He died on Boxing Day 1970 after contracting bronchial pneumonia afterr fracturing his thigh during a power cut.
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  • Henry Montgomery Campbell was a Church of England clergyman and bishop of London from 1956-1961. He was born on 11 October 1887 and educated at Malvern and Brasenose College, Oxford. After a period of study at Wells Theological College he was ordained in 1910, his first post being a curacy at Alverstoke. After distinguished wartime service he held incumbencies at Poplar, Hackney, Hornsey and St George's, Hanover Square.
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  • Henry Campbell
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