Arthur Llewellyn Preston

The Rt Rev Arthur Llewellyn Preston was the third Bishop of Woolwich ["Bishopric Of Woolwich The Vicar Of Lewisham Appointed (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Thursday, Nov 03, 1932; pg. 12; Issue 46281; col D] . Born in 1883 into a distinguished family family [His brother Sir Walter was the Member of Parliament for Mile End then Cheltenham between the wars -“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X ] and educated at Charterhouse and University College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1905. His first post was at "St Mark’s, Plumstead " [ [http://www.southwark.anglican.org/parishes/206br.htm Details of parish] ] after which he was Vicar at "St James the Great, Bethnal Green " [ [http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/parish/bethnal_green1.htm History of church] ] . A much respected Rural Dean of Lewisham [and later Archdeacon-Who’s Who (ibid)] , he was appointed a Cathedral Canon by the Bishop of Southwarkin 1930 and Suffragan Bishop two years later. In 1936 he died whilst aboard his brother’s yacht ["The Bishop Of Woolwich Death In A Yacht (Obituaries) " The Times Tuesday, Jul 21, 1936; pg. 18; Issue 47432; col D] . At his memorial service he was described by his brother Bishop Edgar Priestley Swain [Suffragan Bishop of Burnley] as

“ A man of great gifts, one of the most thoroughly human persons I have ever known” [The Times, Wednesday, Jul 29, 1936; pg. 14; Issue 47439; col E "The Bishop Of Woolwich Tribute by the Bishop of Burnley"]

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