William Harrison (bishop)

William Thomas Harrison (22 September 1837 – 11 December 1920) was an Anglican bishop in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1]
Born into an ecclesiastical family,[2] Harrison was educated at Marlborough and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He was ordained in 1861. After a curacy in Great Yarmouth he was rector of his father's former parish and then Vicar of Christ Church, Luton. Later he was vicar of St James's Bury St Edmunds and then Rural Dean of Thingoe before his ordination to the episcopate as the third Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway.[4] He retired to Thorpe Morieux and was again a vicar until his retirement in 1912.[5]

The Right Reverend William Harrison
Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway
Church	Scottish Episcopal Church
Diocese	Glasgow and Galloway
In office	1888-1903
Predecessor	William Wilson
Successor	Ean Campbell
Orders
Ordination	1861
Consecration	1888
Personal details
Born	(1837-09-22)22 September 1837
Died	11 December 1920(1920-12-11) (aged 83)
Denomination	Anglican

References

1. Bishop W. T. Harrison The Times Monday, 13 December 1920; pg. 16; Issue 42592; col E
2. His father was the Rev. T. T. Harrison, Rector of Thorpe Morieux > “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
3. "Harrison, William Thomas (HRY855WT)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
4. "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
5. "The Clergy List 1913" London, Kelly’s, 1913

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by William Scot Wilson	Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway 1888 – 1903	Succeeded by Archibald Ean Campbell