Henry Tibbs
Irish-British Anglican priest interred in World War II as alleged fascist
About Henry Tibbs
Lived 1877 – 1943 (aged 65–66). Henry Tibbs was a priest.
Henry Stanley Tibbs (1877 – 5 February 1943) was an Irish-British Anglican priest briefly interned in the Second World War under Defence Regulation 18B for his alleged pro-Nazi sympathies.
Henry Tibbs was the rector of the parish of Teigh, Rutland, England. On 8 July 1940, Tibbs was arrested after it was claimed that he was a fascist. He was released on 19 August, being considered harmless.
Biography
Tibbs was born in King's County, Ireland and a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin. He married Evelyn Mary Livesey in England in 1904. Tibbs was the rector of Teigh from 1925, Bartlett also alleged that Tibbs said to his (Bartlett's) children that "Hitler and Goering were the finest men in the world".
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Irish-British Anglican priest interred in World War II as alleged fascist
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Henry Tibbs was born in 1877.
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Henry Tibbs died on 5 February 1943.
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Henry Tibbs was a priest.
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