Henry Montgomery Campbell
Henry Colville Montgomery Campbell KCVO MC PC (11 October 1887 – 26 December 1970) was a Church of England bishop. He was ordained in 1910 and served as vicar or rector in a number of London parishes before being consecrated as a bishop in 1940, holding, successively, the suffragan bishoprics of Willesden and Kensington and the diocesan bishoprics of Guildford and London until his retirement in 1961.
The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Henry Montgomery Campbell KCVO MC PC | |
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| Bishop of London | |
Montgomery Campbell in 1956 | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | London |
| In office | 1956–1961 |
| Predecessor | William Wand |
| Successor | Robert Stopford |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1910 (deacon); 1911 (priest) by Edward Talbot, Bishop of Winchester (priest) |
| Consecration | 1940 by archbishop Cosmo Lang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Henry Colville Montgomery Campbell 11 October 1887 |
| Died | 26 December 1970 (aged 83) Westminster Hospital |
| Buried | Wivelsfield, Sussex |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Sydney Montgomery Campbell |
| Spouse | Joyce Mary Thicknesse (m. 1916) |
| Children | 5 |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Guildford 1949–1956 Bishop of Kensington 1942–1949 Bishop of Willesden 1940–1942 |
| Education | Malvern College |
| Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford |
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