James H. F. Peile

Who is James H. F. Peile?

James Hamilton Francis Peile 2 August 1863-4 April 1940 was an eminent Anglican priest in the first half of the twentieth century.

Peile was educated at Harrow and Corpus Christi College, Oxford and ordained in 1898. After some years as a school teacher he returned to Oxford in 1900 as a Lecturer in Divinity. From 1907 until 1910 he was Vicar of All Saints, Ennismore Gardens. In that year he became Archdeacon of Warwick, a post he held until 1921 when he took up a similar role at Worcester. He retired in 1938.