Percy Bowers
Archdeacon of Loughborough
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The Venerable[1] Percy Harris Bowers (1856–1922) was an eminent Anglican priest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[2]
Died15 November 1922
SpouseAnnie née LLoyd
Percy Harris Bowers | |
|---|---|
| Archdeacon of Loughborough | |
| In office 1921–1922 | |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 15 November 1922 |
| Spouse | Annie née LLoyd |
Bowers was born at Swinton, Lancashire, and baptised 30 July 1856. He was educated at The Forest School and St John's College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1880.[3] Ordained in 1880, he was Rector of Market Bosworth[4] from 1886 and then Rural Dean of Sparkenhoe;[5] and an Honorary Canon of Peterborough from 1913. He was the second Archdeacon of Loughborough[6] and Warden of the Mission Clergy of the Diocese of Peterborough.[7]