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'''George Clay Hubback''' [[Doctor of Divinity|DD]] was an eminent [[Anglican]] [[priest]] in the mid twentieth century.<ref>[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]]1947-48 Oxford, [[OUP]], 1947</ref>

Born on 7 April 1882 he was educated at [[Rossall School]] and [[Liverpool University]] and began his career as a [[Civil Engineer]]<ref>[[Who's Who|"Who was Who"]] 1897-1990 London, [[A & C Black]], 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}</ref>  before being [[ordained]] for the priesthood in 1910. After a [[Curate|curacy]] at St Anne's, [[South Lambeth]] he was with the Oxford Mission to India until 1924 when he became [[Anglican Bishop of Assam|Bishop of Assam]]. In 1945 he was [[Translation (ecclesiastical)|translated]] to [[Anglican Diocese of Calcutta|Bishop of Calcutta]] and with it the title of [[Metropolitan (religion)|Metropolitan]] of [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://blog.thehubbacks.org/2008/09/society-for-preservation-of-fauna-of.html |title=Genealogical web site |access-date=28 October 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120708205626/http://blog.thehubbacks.org/2008/09/society-for-preservation-of-fauna-of.html |archive-date=8 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He retired in 1950 and died on  2 November 1955.<ref>'' Bishop Hubback''[[The Times]] Friday, 4 November 1955; pg. 11; Issue 53369; col D</ref>

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[[Category:20th-century Anglican archbishops]]
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