Leslie Lang

Who was Leslie Lang?

The Rt Rev Leslie Hamilton Lang was the fourth Bishop of Woolwich.

Born on 27 May 1889 and educated at Repton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1915. His first post was at St Mary’s, Portsea after which he was a temporary Chaplain to the Forces, during which conflict he lost the use of his right hand, always afterwards sheathing it in a black glove. When peace returned he was successively : Domestic Chaplain to the Archbishop of York; Chaplain to Returned Soldiers in Edmonton, Canada; and then Vicar of All Saints, Swanscombe. After this he was Warden of the Trinity College Mission, Camberwell and after that Rural Dean of Kingston before his elevation to the Episcopate. A keen educationalist, he continued to serve the Church as a Canon Residentiary at Winchester Cathedral, Archdeacon of Winchester and as an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Winchester until his death on 12 March 1974.