Ted Luscombe

Lawrence Edward "Ted" Luscombe (born 10 November 1924) is a British Anglican bishop and author. He was Bishop of Brechin from 1975 to 1990, and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church from 1985 to 1990.

The Most Reverend

Lawrence Edward Luscombe

LL.D., Ph.D.
Bishop of Brechin
Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
ChurchScottish Episcopal Church
DioceseBrechin
In office1975–1990
PredecessorJohn Sprott
SuccessorRobert Halliday
Other postsPrimus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1985-1990)
Orders
OrdinationMay 1964
by Francis Moncreiffe
Consecration21 June 1975
by Richard Wimbush
Personal details
Born (1924-11-10) 10 November 1924
Torquay, Devon, England
NationalityEnglish
ParentsReginald John & Winifred Luscombe
Previous postProvost of St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee (1971–1975)
EducationTorquay Boys' Grammar School
Alma materKing's College London
Kelham Theological College

Early life and education

Luscombe was educated at Torquay Boys' Grammar School, an all-boys state grammar school in Torquay, Devon. He studied at King's College London and Kelham Theological College.[1]

Career

Early career

Luscombe served in the Indian Army between 1942 and 1945.[2] On 19 March 1944, he was granted an emergency commission as a second lieutenant.[3] On 1 August 1945, he transferred to the Devonshire Regiment of the British Army with the rank of war substantive lieutenant.[4]

Luscombe became an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ACA) in 1952,[5] and worked as a chartered accountant until 1963.[1]

Ordained ministry

Luscombe was ordained in the Scottish Episcopal Church as a deacon in 1963 and as a priest, one year later in 1964.[5] His ecclesiastical career began as a Curate at St Margaret’s, Glasgow after which he was Rector of St Barnabas’, Paisley.[6] From 1971 to 1975, he was Provost of St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee.[5]

In 1975, Luscombe was consecrated a bishop,[5] and appointed the 50th Bishop of Brechin.[7] Ten years later he was additionally elected the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, a post he held until his retirement in 1990.[5]

Academic career

After retiring, he became an academic and author. He earned an MPhil and PhD research degrees from the University of Dundee where he remains an honorary Research Fellow in Modern History.[2]

Honours

In May 1981, Luscombe was appointed a Serving Brother of the Venerable Order of St John (SBStJ).[8] In January 1986, he was promoted to Officer of the Venerable Order of St John (OStJ).[9] In 1987, he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) by the University of Dundee.[5][10]

Selected works
  • "Matthew Luscombe, Missionary Bishop", 1992
  • "A Seminary of Learning", 1994
  • "The Scottish Episcopal Church in the 20th Century", 1996
  • "Episcopacy in an Angus Glen", 2003
  • "Steps into Freedom", 2004
  • "Hands Across the Sea", 2006
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gollark: Some resources (lithium and such are big issues nowadays) only exist in a few places, so you have to ship from there.
gollark: This also doesn't seem practical.
gollark: It isn't really, though; it seems like it would be more like whoever runs "production" just deciding who gets things.
gollark: If we just throw in assumptions like "and also we can make everything everyone needs with basically no human labour" then you can get away with doing different things, but this is not actually the case.

References
  1. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "No. 36641". The London Gazette. 4 August 1944. p. 3630.
  4. "No. 37239". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 August 1945. p. 4324.
  5. "Lawrence Edward Luscombe". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  6. "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
  7. "Diocese of Brechin". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011.
  8. "No. 48605". The London Gazette. 11 May 1981. pp. 6579–6580.
  9. "No. 50416". The London Gazette. 30 January 1986. pp. 6579–1373.
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 September 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
John Sprott		 Bishop of Brechin
1975–1990		 Succeeded by
Robert Halliday
Preceded by
Alastair Haggart		 Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
1985–1990		 Succeeded by
George Henderson
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