Priestley Swain

Edgar Priestley Swain (11 April 1881 – 25 July 1949) was the fourth Bishop of Burnley from 1931 until 1950.[1]

Born in Stoke Newington, London,[2] he was the son of banker Harry Edwin Swain and Elizabeth Milsted.[3] He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was successively Curate of Holy Trinity with All Souls, Birchfield,[4] Chaplain to the Bishop of Birmingham, Vicar of Putney and Rural Dean of Barnes before ascending to the Episcopate. A man "whose great gifts marked him out for preferment," his scholarship was considered a great asset to the Church in the mid-20th century.[5][6]

He died in Burnley while in office in 1949.[6]

References

1. Details of Funeral service
2. 1911 England Census
3. London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1917
4. Who was Who 1897–2007. London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
5. India and the Church: being impressions of some members of the Mission of Help. Swain, EP (Ed):London, SPCK, 1923
6. "Obituary: The Bishop of Burnley". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 27 July 1949. p. 7.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Henry Henn	Bishop of Burnley 1931 – 1949	Succeeded by Charles Keith Kipling Prosser