Henry Lowther Clarke was the fourth Anglican bishop and first archbishop of Melbourne, Australia.
15 Facts About Lowther Clarke
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Lowther Clarke was educated at home and at Sedbergh School, winning a scholarship which took him to St John's College, Cambridge, graduated BA in 1874 as seventh wrangler and MA in 1877.
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Lowther Clarke was curate of St John's Kingston-on-Hull from 1874 to 1876 before various positions in the north of England during the next 26 years.
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Lowther Clarke was vicar of Hedon from 1876 to 1883, then assistant master at St Peter's school in York for a year from 1883 to 1884, when he became vicar of St Martin, Coney-street, York.
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Lowther Clarke was an honorary canon of Wakefield Cathedral from 1893, and proctor for the clergy of the Wakefield diocese in the Convocation of York in 1902.
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Lowther Clarke was approached for nomination as Bishop of Melbourne and announced his acceptance of this in early September 1902.
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Lowther Clarke was consecrated Bishop by the Archbishop of Canterbury in St Paul's Cathedral, London, on 1 November 1902, and arrived in Melbourne in February 1903.
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When Lowther Clarke began his ministry he appointed a commission to document the present position and future needs of the diocese and later came to the conclusion that certain parishes had become too large and needed subdividing, that means must be found for a more complete training of the clergy, and that there must be an extension of secondary education by means of church schools.
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In 1905 Lowther Clarke became first Archbishop of Melbourne and Metropolitan of Victoria.
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Lowther Clarke ruled his diocese firmly and refused to allow himself to be allied to any party.
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In 1910 Lowther Clarke persuaded the Parliament of Victoria to establish the Melbourne College of Divinity to examine for and grant degrees.
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In March 1920 Lowther Clarke went to London to attend the Lambeth Conference and in November resigned as Archbishop of Melbourne.
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Lowther Clarke lived in retirement in Lymington, Hampshire, and kept himself busy with literary work.
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Lowther Clarke was given the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity by both Cambridge and Oxford universities.
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Lowther Clarke married in 1876 Alice Lovell, daughter of the Revd Canon Kemp.