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Harrington Lees, the eldest son of William Lees , J.P., Ashton-under-Lyne , Lancashire , England , and his wife, Emma Lees , (daughter of William Clare , M.D. He was educated at the Methodist The Leys School and St John's College, Cambridge , where he graduated B.A. with a second class in the theological tripos in 1892 , and M.A. in 1896. He was ordained Deacon in 1893], Priest in 1894, and was a Curate at Reading, Berkshire , chaplain at Turin and curate at Childwall , until in 1900 he became Vicar of St John's, Kenilworth . In 1907 Lees became vicar of Christ Church, Beckenham , and in 1919 vicar of Swansea . In this year he was offered the bishopric of Bendigo, Victoria but refused it. In August 1921 he was appointed archbishop of Melbourne, was consecrated at St Paul's Cathedral , London , on 14 August 1921 , and enthroned at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne , on 15 February 1922 . Lees soon showed himself to be a vigorous worker and a good preacher. He was at Melbourne for less than seven years before he died, but his episcopate was marked by the undertaking of the completion of St Paul's cathedral, and by a great increase in the social work of the church; more especially in connexion with the various homes conducted by the is in the chapter house at Melbourne. Lees never spared himself and overwork was a contributing cause of his comparatively early death. He had bright personality and was much like by everyone, whether in an industrial parish like Swansea or as archibishop of Melbourne. At synod he was an excellent chairman, speaking little himself, but giving his rulings with decision. In the evangelistic tradition of the diocese, he belonged to no party and his ability, humanity and broad outlook, made him an excellent leader of his church. REFERENCES
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