Herbert Gwyer

Who is Herbert Gwyer?

The Rt Rev Herbert Linford Gwyer was the second Bishop of George, and a survivor of the sinking of the Lusitania.

He was educated at Uppingham and Magdalene College, Cambridge. After a period of study at Westcott House, Cambridge he was ordained in 1906 and he began his career with a curacy in Kirkburton after which he was a missionary in Qu'Appelle. A World War I Chaplain to the Forces, he was later Vicar of Christ Church, Staincliffe and St Johns, Wakefield before his elevation to the Episcopate. He died on 18 November 1960.