Edgar Priestley Swain (11 April 1881 – 25 July 1949) was the fourth Bishop of Burnley from 1931 until 1949.Details of Funeral service
Biography Born in Stoke Newington, London,1911 England Census he was the son of banker Harry Edwin Swain and Elizabeth Milsted.London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1917 He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was successively Curate of Holy Trinity with All Souls, Birchfield,Who was Who 1897–2007. London, A & C Black, 2007 Chaplain to the Bishop of Birmingham, Vicar of Putney and Rural Dean of Barnes before ascending to the Episcopate. A man "whose great gifts marked him out for preferment," his scholarship was considered a great asset to the Church in the mid-20th century.India and the Church: being impressions of some members of the Mission of Help. Swain, EP (Ed):London, SPCK, 1923
He died in Burnley while in office in 1949.
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