Cecil Douglas Horsley ChStJ (26 July 190310 March 1953) was a British Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of ColomboThe Ceylon Liturgy then of GibraltarBishops of Gibraltar in the mid 20th century.
He was born in Gillingham, Kent, on 26 July 1906Family tree guide to Admiral Arthur John Horsley and Mary Vyse Stoughton. He was educated at Brighton CollegeWho Was Who 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 and Queens' College, Cambridge, before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with curacies at Romsey Abbey and St Saviour's, Ealing.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940–41 Oxford, OUP,1941 He was ordained priest on Trinity Sunday (15 June) 1930, by Theodore Woods, Bishop of Winchester, at Winchester Cathedral. After this he was vicar of St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood,Vicars of St John’s before his elevation to the episcopateSt Thomas' College in 1938."Bishop of Colombo Young London Vicar Elected", The Times, Thursday 14 July 1938; p. 13; Issue 48046; col D He was consecrated Bishop of Colombo on All Saints' Day (17 November) 1938, by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.
He was translated to Gibraltar"Ecclesiastical News New Bishop Of Gibraltar", The Times, Saturday 3 May 1947; p. 7; Issue 50751; col F on 25 September 1947 (invested by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace Chapel). A chaplain and a sub-prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died in post on 10 March 1953."Obituary The Right Rev. C. D. Horsley Bishop Of Gibraltar", The Times, Wednesday 11 March 1953; p. 10; Issue 52567; col D
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