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Percy Harris Bowers
Archdeacon of Loughborough
In office
1921–1922
Personal details
Died15 November 1922
SpouseAnnie née LLoyd

The Venerable[1] Percy Harris Bowers (1856–1922) was an eminent Anglican priest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[2]

Bowers was born at Swinton, Lancashire, and baptised 30 July 1856. He was educated at The Forest School and St John's College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1880.[3] Ordained in 1880, he was Rector of Market Bosworth[4] from 1886 and then Rural Dean of Sparkenhoe;[5] and an Honorary Canon of Peterborough from 1913. He was the second Archdeacon of Loughborough[6] and Warden of the Mission Clergy of the Diocese of Peterborough.[7]

Notes

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  1. ^ thePeerage.com
  2. ^ Obituary Archdeacon Bowers The Times Thursday, Nov 16, 1922; pg. 14; Issue 43190; col C
  3. ^ "Bowers, Percy Harris (BWRS876PH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ Leicestershire villages
  5. ^ "The Clergy List" London, Kelly's, 1913
  6. ^ London Gazette 14 October 1924
  7. ^ “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Loughborough
1921–1922
Succeeded by