About Herbert Gwyer
Lived 1801 – 1960. Herbert Gwyer was an anglican priest.
The Rt Rev Herbert Linford Gwyer was the second Bishop of George, and a survivor of the sinking of .
He was educated at Uppingham and Magdalene College, Cambridge. After a period of study at Westcott House, Cambridge he was ordained in 1906 and he began his career with a curacy in Kirkburton after which he was a missionary in Qu'Appelle. A World War I Chaplain to the Forces, he was later Vicar of Christ Church, Staincliffe and St Johns, Wakefield before his elevation to the episcopate. He died on 18 November 1960.
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Herbert Gwyer was an anglican priest.
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