Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Cyril Easthaugh MC was an Anglican bishop who served two decade-long periods, firstly in Kensington and latterly Peterborough. An opponent of union with the Methodist Church, he was born on 22 December 1897. Commissioned into the South Staffordshire Regiment during the Great War, he served with distinction, winning the Military Cross in 1917. He was ordained priest in 1930 and was chaplain at Cuddesdon until 1934; and then vice-principal until 1935. He was then vicar of St John the Divine's Kennington for fourteen years before his consecration to the episcopate as the Bishop of Kensington. In 1961 he became the Bishop of Peterborough until his retirement in 1971. For a further decade he continued as chairman of the Christian Evidence Society. He died on 16 December 1988 leaving a widow, Lady Laura Mary Easthaugh (née Palmer) 3rd daughter of the Earl of Selborne.. }
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- Cyril_Easthaugh abstract "Cyril Easthaugh MC was an Anglican bishop who served two decade-long periods, firstly in Kensington and latterly Peterborough. An opponent of union with the Methodist Church, he was born on 22 December 1897. Commissioned into the South Staffordshire Regiment during the Great War, he served with distinction, winning the Military Cross in 1917. He was ordained priest in 1930 and was chaplain at Cuddesdon until 1934; and then vice-principal until 1935. He was then vicar of St John the Divine's Kennington for fourteen years before his consecration to the episcopate as the Bishop of Kensington. In 1961 he became the Bishop of Peterborough until his retirement in 1971. For a further decade he continued as chairman of the Christian Evidence Society. He died on 16 December 1988 leaving a widow, Lady Laura Mary Easthaugh (née Palmer) 3rd daughter of the Earl of Selborne.".