Harold Jocelyn Buxton[1] (20 June 1880 – 13 March 1976) was a British Church of England cleric. He was Bishop of Gibraltar[2] from 1933[3] to 1947.[4]
Buxton was born into a noble family, the son of Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet,[5] on 20 June 1880.[6] He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge.[7] In 1904 he embarked on his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Cuthbert, Bensham.[8] From 1907 to 1910 he was Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Rangoon,[9] and from 1911 to 1914 curate of Thaxted.[7] From 1914 to 1918 he was Vicar of Horley, Oxfordshire; during World War I he was also a temporary Chaplain to the Forces in France and attached to the Russian Red Cross at Erzurum in the Ottoman Empire.[7][10] From 1926 to 1927 he was Chaplain of St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem, and then, before his appointment to the episcopate,[11] Archdeacon of Cyprus from 1928[12] to 1932.[13] A Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died on 13 March 1976.[14]
- ^ Pitts Theology Library
- ^ Bishops of Gibraltar Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ See Of Gibraltar H. J. Buxton Appointed The Times Friday, Feb 03, 1933; pg. 10; Issue 46359; col C
- ^ Ecclesiastical News Resignation of the Bishop Of Gibraltar The Times Saturday, May 03, 1947; pg. 7; Issue 50751; col F
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- ^ a b c "Buxton, Harold Jocelyn (BKSN898HJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Photo of church". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
- ^ Historical church photographs
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ National Archives
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- ^ Ecclesiastical News. Archdeacons In Cyprus And Palestine The Times Saturday, Dec 01, 1928; pg. 15; Issue 45065; col C
- ^ The Times, Mar 19, 1976; pg. 16; Issue 59657; col F The Rt Rev H. J. Buxton Former Bishop of Gibraltar