Norman Tubbs

Norman Henry Tubbs (5 July 1879 – 2 September 1965)[1] was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century.[2]

Biography

Tubbs was educated at Highgate School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.[3][4] He was ordained in 1903 and was a curate at Whitechapel Parish Church[5] before going to India as a Church Mission Society missionary, eventually becoming principal of Bishop’s College, Calcutta.[6]

In 1923 Tubbs was ordained to the episcopate as the 4th Bishop of Tinnevelly.[7] He was translated to be Bishop of Rangoon in 1928 and returned to England six years later to be the Archdeacon of Chester (and Assistant Bishop of Chester) and later Dean of Chester.[8][9]

Marriage and children

In 1918 Tubbs married Norah Elisetta Lunt (21/06/1890 - 09/05/1988), sister of Geoffrey Lunt, later Bishop of Ripon and subsequently Salisbury. They had three sons and a daughter: John LIONEL, Peter Alfred (also a priest), Christoper Norman, Barbara Evelyn.

Tubbs was the father of The Reverend Canon Christopher Norman Tubbs (1926–2010), Vicar of Scalby, North Yorkshire from 1959 to 1995, Rural Dean of Scarborough from 1976 to 1982 and a Canon of York Minster. Christopher was ordained by his father in Chester Cathedral in 1952.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Obituary: Rt Rev. N. H. Tubbs", The Times, 3 September 1965, p. 15.
  2. ^ Who was Who 1897-1990, London A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X.
  3. ^ Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College: vol V Admissions for 1911 to 1922, Trayes, F.E.A: Cambridge, CUP, 1948.
  4. ^ "Tubbs, Norman Henry (TBS898NH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ^ EoLFHS
  6. ^ Project Canterbury
  7. ^ "New Bishop Of Tinnevelly", The Times, 11 January 1923, p. 9.
  8. ^ "Ecclesiastical News: New Archdeacon of Chester", The Times, 17 April 1934, p. 17.
  9. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41, Oxford OUP, 1941.
  10. ^ Yorkshire Post, Obituary of Christopher Tubbs, 23 April 2010
Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Tinnevelly
1923–1928 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Rangoon
1928–1934 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Archdeacon of Chester
1934–1937 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Dean of Chester
1937–1953 		Succeeded by