James Linton (bishop)
British Anglican priest (1879–1958)
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The Right Reverend James Henry Linton, (9 February 1879 – 2 June 1958)[1] was a British Anglican priest who served as Bishop in Persia from 1917 to 1935.
Educated at Durham,[2] and ordained in 1904,[3] he was Vice-Principal of the CMS Training College in Oyo and then the Principal of Stuart Memorial College, Isfahan[4] until his appointment to the episcopate as Bishop in Persia in 1917.[5] He served until 1935 when he became Rector of Handsworth, retiring in 1954 and an Assistant Bishop of Birmingham (1937–1958).
