William Holbech (bishop)
British Anglican bishop (1850–1930)
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The Rt. Rev. William Arthur Holbech (14 December 1850 – 7 March 1930) was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.[citation needed]
Born on 14 December 1850, he was the third son of the Rev. Charles Holbech.[1] The Holbech family owned Farnborough Hall, near Farnborough, Warwickshire. Educated at Eton and Brasenose College, Oxford,[2] he was ordained in 1874.[3]
Following a curacy at St Mark’s, Lakenham,[4] Holbech emigrated to South Africa where he was a Mission Priest before promotion to be the Archdeacon of Kimberley[5] and Rector of St Cyprian's Church (where he served through the Siege of Kimberley), then Dean of Bloemfontein.[6] In 1905 he became Bishop of St Helena,[7] a post he held until his death on 7 March 1930.
His nephew was William Holbech.
