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Australian Anglican bishop (1875–1921)

Cecil Henry Druitt (16 August 1875 – 26 July 1921) was the first Anglican Bishop of Grafton in New South Wales, Australia.

Early life

Druitt was born in 1875 in Stockbridge, Hampshire, the son of the Rev William Crawley Druitt and his wife Caroline (née Leach).

Clerical career

He was educated at Clifton College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He trained for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and was ordained deacon in 1898 and priest in 1899.

He began his ordained ministry as a curate at Christ Church, Torquay (1898-1900). In 1900 he became a lecturer in Hebrew at the Church Mission Society college in Islington. He was later Rector of St Bride's Stretford and then Vicar of St Mary's Overchurch. In 1911 he became Coadjutor Bishop of Grafton and Armidale and, when the diocese was divided in 1914, Bishop of the Grafton portion.

Druitt attended the Lambeth Conference in 1920 and remained in England for twelve months, arriving back in May 1921. He suffered from diabetes and died in post on 26 July 1921.

Personal life

He married Eleanor Law Mathews in 1904.

Legacy

A school in Coffs Harbour, Bishop Druitt College, is named after Dr Druitt.

References

  1. Grafton Diocese Year Book
  2. National Library of Australia
  3. "Project Canterbury: Cable Clerical Index". Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  4. "Druitt, Cecil Henry (DRT894CH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. University Intelligence, The Standard (London, England), 10 December 1898; pg. 3; Issue 23230. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II Jeremie Septuagint Prizes
  6. "Project Canterbury: Cable Clerical Index". Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  7. ”The Clergy Guide” London, John Phillips, 1900
  8. The Times, 6 September 1900; pg. 5; Issue 36240; col F Ecclesiastical Intelligence
  9. The Times, 18 October 1910; pg. 4; Issue 39406; col B, Ecclesiastical Intelligence
  10. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  11. Anglican History
  12. Australia Trove
  13. Grafton Cathedral website
  14. A thematic history of the City of Grafton Archived 2011-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
  15. "BISHOP OF GRAFTON". Daily Examiner. Vol. 10, no. 1785. New South Wales, Australia. 18 May 1921. p. 5. Retrieved 25 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. "THE BISHOP'S LIFE". Daily Examiner. Vol. 11, no. 1845. New South Wales, Australia. 29 July 1921. p. 2. Retrieved 25 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. The Times, 30 July 1921; p. 13; Issue 42786; col E, Obituary. The Bishop Of Grafton
  18. "Project Canterbury: Cable Clerical Index". Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  19. Bishop Druitt College Archived 2011-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
Church of England titles
Preceded byInaugural appointment Bishop of Grafton
1914 –1921 		Succeeded byJohn William Ashton
Bishops of Grafton


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