Alston May
English Anglican bishop (1869–1940)
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Alston James Weller May was an Anglican bishop[1] in the first half of the 20th century.[2]
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He was born in 1869[3] and educated at Leeds Grammar School[4] and Oriel College, Oxford . After a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon he was ordained in 1894.[5] His first posts were curacies at All Souls, Leeds and St Mark, Portsmouth following which he was Curate in Charge of St Peter's, Chertsey.[6] In 1914 he was appointed the 2nd Bishop of Northern Rhodesia,[7] a post he held until his death on 17 July 1940.[8]
