William George Hardie CBELondon Gazette (20 August 1878 – 21 February 1950) was a long serving Anglican Bishop of Jamaica from 1931 until 1949. For the last four of those years he also served as Archbishop of the West Indies.
He was born in 1878 and educated at Highgate School from 1889 to 1890, then at Giggleswick School"Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. From Ridley Hall, Cambridge he was ordained in 1902.Crockford's Clerical Directory1940–41 Oxford, OUP,1941 His first posts were curacies at Holy Trinity Church, CambridgeChurch website (1) and then Christ Church, Greenwich.Church website (2) Later he held incumbencies at Holy Trinity, Swansea,Genuki St John's, LowestoftNow demolished and St Luke's, Finchley.Church website (3) In 1928 he was appointed Assistant BishopNational Archives of JamaicaNew Assistant Bishop of Jamaica The Times Saturday, 31 December 1927; pg. 10; Issue 44778; col E before promotion to be its Diocesan three years later.New Bishop of Jamaica The Times Thursday, 21 May 1931; pg. 13; Issue 45828; col F He was invested Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1950 New Year Honours.
He died on 21 February 1950.
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