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George Hand (bishop)
George Sumner
Hand
was a
Colonial
Anglican Bishop
in the first half of the
20th century
.
He was educated at
Bloxham School
and
St John's College, Oxford
. He was
Rector
of
St Lawrence
with
St Gregory
,
Norwich
and later was
Dean
of
St John's Cathedral, Antigua
before his elevation to the
Episcopate
as
Bishop of that island
in
1937
; he was
consecrated
a bishop on
St Peter's Day
1937, by
Cosmo Lang
,
Archbishop of Canterbury
, at
St Paul's Cathedral
. He retired in
1944
and died the following year.