Henry Thomas Bowlby

The Rev. Canon Henry Thomas Bowlby, M.A.,[1] (1864–1940) was an English cleric and headmaster of the English public school Lancing College, 1909–25.

Life

He was the son of Henry Bond Bowlby, Bishop Suffragan of Coventry. He was educated at Charterhouse School and was an Exhibitioner of Balliol College, Oxford.[2] A member of Oxford University Athletics Club 1884–87, he was its president in 1886.

An Assistant Master at Eton College 1887–1909, Bowlby then became headmaster of Lancing. He was succeeded there by Cuthbert Harold Blakiston. He was a Canon of Chichester Cathedral 1925–30.

Bowlby died 7 February 1940.[3]

Family

He was father of Capt. Henry Russell Bowlby, also a Master at Lancing.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Henry Thomas Bowlby - National Portrait Gallery".
  2. ↑ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Bowlby, Henry Thomas" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ↑ "Home". freebmd.org.uk.
  4. ↑ See the Lancing Register


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