William Edward Augustus Pugh (known as Edward; 22 July 1909 – 4 January 1986) was the fifth

Bishop of Penrith The Bishop of Penrith is an episcopal title which takes its name after the town of Penrith in Cumbria. The title was first mentioned (as Pereth) in the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 (alongside a see for Penreth – now called Penrydd – in Pembr ...

in the modern era. He was educated at

Leeds University , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

and the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield.

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in 1934 he began his career with a

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Staveley, Derbyshire Staveley is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. Located along the banks of the River Rother. It is (5 miles) northeast of Chesterfield, (5 miles) west of Clowne, (5 miles) northwest of Bolsover, (11 m ...

. From here he became

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Norwell, Nottinghamshire Norwell is a village and parish about from Newark-on-Trent, in central Nottinghamshire, England. The population (including Norwell Woodhouse) at the 2011 census was 490. It is close to the border with Lincolnshire and the River Trent, and li ...

and then

Harrington, Cumbria Harrington is a village and former civil parish on the Cumbrian coast south of Workington and north of Whitehaven in England. Historically part of Cumberland, its industrial history, which largely ended in the late 1930s, included a shipbuilder ...

along with his appointment as the first Archdeacon of West Cumberland. Appointment to the

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followed in 1970 – he was consecrated at

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day (29 September) 1970 – and he retired nine years later.

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1909 births Alumni of the University of Leeds Alumni of the College of the Resurrection Archdeacons of West Cumberland Bishops of Penrith 20th-century Church of England bishops 1986 deaths {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub