Harrington Lees

The Right Reverend

Harrington Lees
Archbishop of Melbourne
Lees, c. 1920s
DioceseDiocese of Melbourne
In office1921 – 1929 (d.)
PredecessorLowther Clarke
SuccessorFrederick Head
Orders
Ordination1893 (deacon); 1894 (priest)
by William Stubbs (Oxford)
Consecration1921
by Randall Davidson (Canterbury)
Personal details
BornHarrington Clare Lees
(1870-03-17)17 March 1870
Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, UK
Died10 January 1929(1929-01-10) (aged 58)
DenominationAnglican
EducationSt John's College, Cambridge

Harrington Clare Lees (17 March 1870 – 10 January 1929) was the Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne from 1921 until his death.

Lees was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, United Kingdom, the eldest son of William Lees, a cotton farmer and Justice of the Peace.

Publications

Lees' published works include:

Lees was also a contributor to Hastings' A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels.

References

  1. ↑ McKie, J. D (1986). "Lees, Harrington Clare (1870 - 1929)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  2. 1 2 Serle, Percival (1949). "Lees, Harrington Clare". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 11 September 2009.