Harold Beardmore (13 November 1898 – 17 November 1968) was an

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Education

He was educated at

Berkhamsted School Berkhamsted School is a private day school (known in the UK as a public school), in the market town of Berkhamsted, in Hertfordshire, England. The present school was formed in 1997 by the amalgamation of the original Berkhamsted School, founded ...

and

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

Career

He was a chaplain to the

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from 1927 to 1947. He was appointed Dean of

Port of Spain Port of Spain ( ; Trinidadian and Tobagonian English, Trinidadian English: ''Port ah Spain'' ) is the capital and chief port of Trinidad and Tobago. With a municipal population of 49,867 (2017), an urban population of 81,142 and a transient dail ...

, Trinidad in 1947, and Archdeacon of

Basutoland Basutoland was a British Crown colony that existed from 1884 to 1966 in present-day Lesotho, bordered with the Cape Colony, Natal Colony and Orange River Colony until 1910 and completely surrounded by South Africa from 1910. Though the Basot ...

in 1952. He was appointed Bishop of St Helena in 1960.

Sources

*The Times 19 November 1968

References

1898 births 1968 deaths People educated at Berkhamsted School Alumni of King's College London Associates of King's College London Officers of the Order of the British Empire Archdeacons of Basutoland 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops Anglican bishops of St Helena Royal Navy chaplains Deans of Trinidad {{SaintHelena-stub