Herbert Bree

Herbert Bree (4 January 1828 – 26 February 1899) was a colonial Anglican bishop from 1882 until 1899.[1]

Born in 1828, Bree was educated in Bury St Edmunds and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.[2][3] He was ordained in 1852.[4]

After curacies in Suffolk he held incumbencies at Harkstead and Brampton[5] before his ordination to the episcopate as Bishop of Barbados and the Windward Islands in 1882.[6][7] He died in post on 26 February 1899.[8]

References
  1. National Archives
  2. "Bree, Herbert (BRY846H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  5. "Archdeaconry of Huntingdon". Archived from the original on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  6. All Saints, Barbados
  7. Diocesan web site
  8. The Times, Monday, Feb 27, 1899; pg. 6; Issue 35763; col E Obituary The Rt Rev H. Bree
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
John Mitchinson		 Bishop of Barbados and the Windward Islands
1882–1899		 Succeeded by
Proctor Swaby


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