Francis Underhill (16 May 187824 January 1943)"Obituary: The Rt Rev F Underhill", The Times, 25 January 1943; p6; Issue 49452; col E was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.
Underhill was educated at Shrewsbury School and Exeter College, Oxford.Who was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 He was ordained in 1901 and was a curate at St Paul's Swindon and St Thomas the Martyr, Oxford and then Vicar of St Alban the Martyr, Birmingham until 1925. He was the first secretary of the Federation of Catholic Priests and from 1925 until 1932 he was Warden of Liddon House,"Liddon House New appointment, Rev Francis Underhill", The Times 11 November 1925; p8; Issue 44116; col C and priest in charge of the Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair when he was appointed Dean of Rochester, a position he held until his confirmation as Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1937. Shortly after confirmation, he was consecrated a bishop on St Andrew's Day 1937 (30 November), by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral. An author,Amongst others he wrote The Catholic Faith in Practice (1918); The Life of Prayer in the World (1923); Can We Enjoy Religion? (1926); Prayer in Modern Life (1928); and Christian Life in the Modern World (1934) > British Library website accessed 1 November 2008 he was a cousin of Evelyn Underhill.
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