Hugh Van Lynden Otter-Barry (7 March 1887 – 9 May 1971), was the son of Isabel Louisa née Wolryche-Whitmore (1847–1905) and Robert Melvil Barry Otter, later Otter-Barry (1845–1917), and great-grandson of William Otter, Bishop of Chichester. He was Bishop of Mauritius from 1931 to 1959.“The Mauritian Shekel” Pitot, G: Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, 2000
He was educated at Marlborough and Trinity College, Cambridge.Who was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 Ordained in 1910 he was initially a Curate at St Luke's Church, ChelseaParish web-site and then a missionary priest in Queensland. From 1919 until 1926 he was Vicar of BrillBlanche Mary Kelly, Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1969, p. 1517. and then began a long period of service to Mauritius — firstly as its Archdeacon; and then from 1931 as its diocesan bishop. He was consecrated a bishop on St Barnabas' Day 1931 (11 June), by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral. He returned to England in 1959Resignation of The Bishop of Mauritius The Times Monday, Jun 15, 1959; pg. 12; Issue 54487; col D where he continued to serve the Church as an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Peterborough until his death.Obituary — Bishop Otter-Barry The Times Tuesday, May 11, 1971; pg. 16; Issue 58169; col E
A primary school in Mauritius, in the town of Curepipe, close to Farquhar Street, is named after Otter-Barry.
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