Spencer Leeson

The Rt Rev Spencer Leeson,^[1] born Spencer Stottesbury Gwatkin Leeson, was an eminent^[2] Headmaster^[3] and Anglican Bishop^[4] in the mid 20th century.^[5]

He was born on 9 October 1892 and educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford.^[6] After World War I service with the Middlesex Regiment he was Assistant Principal at the Board of Education then an Assistant Master at his old school. He was appointed Headmaster of Merchant Taylors’^[7] in 1927 then Winchester^[8] eight years later. Ordained Deacon in 1939 ^[9] and Priest in 1940 he was Rector of St. Mary's Church, Southampton^[10] and then Wiccamical Prebendary at Chichester Cathedral. Appointed to the See of Peterborough in 1949 and ordained and consecrated a bishop that All Saints' Day (1 November) at Westminster Abbey^[11] by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury;^[12] he held this post until his death on 27 January 1956.^[13]

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