Francis Underhill

The Right Reverend Francis Underhill
Bishop of Bath and Wells
Francis Underhill by Harry Morley
Diocese	Diocese of Bath and Wells
In office	1937–1943
Predecessor	Wynne Willson
Successor	William Wand
Other posts	Dean of Rochester (1932–1937)
Personal details
Born	(1878-05-16)16 May 1878
Died	24 January 1943(1943-01-24) (aged 64)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Education	Shrewsbury School
Alma mater	Exeter College, Oxford

Francis Underhill (16 May 1878 - 24 January 1943^[1]) was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.

Underhill was educated at Shrewsbury School and Exeter College, Oxford.^[2] He was ordained in 1901 and was a curate at St Paul's Swindon and St Thomas the Martyr, Oxford and then Vicar of St Alban the Martyr, Birmingham until 1925. He was the first secretary of the Federation of Catholic Priests^[3] and from 1925 until 1932 he was Warden of Liddon House,^[4] and priest in charge of the Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair when he was appointed Dean of Rochester, a position he held until his consecration to the episcopate as Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1937. An author,^[5] he was a cousin of Evelyn Underhill.

References

↑ "Obituary: The Rt Rev F Underhill", The Times, 25 January 1943; p6; Issue 49452; col E
↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ http://www.priests.org.uk/
↑ "Liddon House New appointment, Rev Francis Underhill", The Times 11 November 1925; p8; Issue 44116; col C
↑ Amongst others he wrote The Catholic Faith in Practice (1918); The Life of Prayer in the World (1923); Can We Enjoy Religion? (1926); Prayer in Modern Life (1928); and Christian Life in the Modern World (1934) > British Library website accessed 1 November 2008

Church of England titles
Preceded by Reginald Thomas Talbot	Dean of Rochester 1932–1937	Succeeded by Ernest Morrell Blackie
Preceded by Wynne Willson	Bishop of Bath and Wells 1937–1943	Succeeded by William Wand

Deans of Rochester

Early modern	Walter Phillips Edmund Freke Thomas Willoughby John Coldwell Thomas Blague Richard Milbourne Robert Scott (elder) Godfrey Goodman Walter Balcanquhall Henry King Thomas Turner Benjamin Lany Nathaniel Hardy Peter Mews Thomas Lamplugh John Castilion Simon Lowth Henry Ullock Samuel Pratt Nicholas Clagett Thomas Herring William Barnard John Newcombe William Markham Benjamin Newcombe Thomas Thurlow Richard Cust Thomas Dampier

Late modern	Samuel Goodenough William Busby Robert Stevens Thomas Dale Robert Scott (younger) Samuel Hole Ernald Lane John Storrs Reginald Talbot Francis Underhill Ernest Blackie Thomas Crick Robert Stannard Stanley Betts John Arnold Edward Shotter Jonathan Meyrick (Acting) Adrian Newman Philip Hesketh (Acting) Mark Beach Philip Hesketh (Acting) Philip Hesketh

previous titles

Wells	Athelm Wulfhelm Alphege Wulfhelm II Byrhthelm Cyneweard of Glastonbury Sigar Ælfwine Lyfing Aethelwine Brihtwine Aethelwine Brihtwine Merewith Dudoc Gisa John of Tours (became Bishop of Bath) see removed to Bath

Bath	John of Tours (previously Bishop of Wells) Godfrey Robert Reginald fitz Jocelin Savaric FitzGeldewin (became Bishop of Bath and Glastonbury) see de jure removed to Glastonbury

Bath & Glastonbury	Savaric FitzGeldewin (previously Bishop of Bath) Jocelin of Wells (became Bishop of Bath) Glastonbury claim abandoned

Bath	Jocelin of Wells (previously Bishop of Bath and Glastonbury) Roger of Salisbury (became Bishop of Bath and Wells) see became Bath and Wells

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Late modern

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