James Nash (bishop)

James Okey Nash[1] (1862–1943) was the Anglican Coadjutor Bishop of Cape Town from 1917 until 1930.[2]

Nash was educated at King William's College, Isle of Man; Hertford College, Oxford and Ripon College Cuddesdon.[3] He was ordained in 1888.[4] After a curacy at St Andrews, Bethnal Green[5] he was at Pusey House, Oxford from 1889 to 1892. He was one of original members of the Community of the Resurrection, Mirfield. He was Vicar of Radley from 1895[6] to 1898. He emigrated to South Africa in 1902 to be Chaplain to the Bishop of Pretoria; and after that was Headmaster of St. John's College, Johannesburg[7] from 1906 to 1917.

He died on 7 April 1943.[8]

Notes

1. NPG details
2. ‘NASH, Rt Rev. James Okey’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 28 Oct 2015
3. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
4. Ordinations, London. The Times (London), Monday, May 28, 1888; pg. 9; Issue 32397
5. National Archives
6. Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Monday, Mar 11, 1895; pg. 11; Issue 34521
7. Wills and bequests The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jun 06, 1912; pg. 11; Issue 39918
8. Obituary. The Times (London, England), Friday, Apr 09, 1943; pg. 7; Issue 49516.