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'''George Alfred Lefroy'''<ref>[http://anglicanhistory.org/india/lefroy_montgomery/ Photo of Bishop Lefroy]</ref> (August 1854 – 1 January 1919) was an eminent [[Anglican]] [[priest]] and missionary in India during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.<br />
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Lefroy was born into an eminent Irish family in [[County Down]] in August 1854: his father was Jeffrey Lefroy, [[Dean of Dromore]], and his grandfather, [[Thomas Langlois Lefroy]], [[Lord Chief Justice of Ireland|Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, Ireland]].<ref>[[Who's Who|"Who was Who" 1897-2007]] London, [[A & C Black]], 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}}</ref> He was educated at [[Marlborough College|Marlborough]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] and [[ordained]] in 1879.<ref>{{acad|id=LFRY874GA|name=Lefroy, George Alfred}}</ref> He joined the [[Cambridge Mission to Delhi]] the same year and eventually became head of the [[USPG|SPG]] Mission in Delhi.<ref>"A Bishop in Search of a Church: George Alfred Lefroy," Cox,J in ''After the Victorians: Private Conscience and Public Duty in Modern Britain. Essays in Memory of John Clive'' Peter Mandler,P/ Pedersen, S: London, Routledge, 1994 {{ISBN|0-415-07056-2}}</ref> In 1899 he became [[Bishop of Lahore]].<ref>"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900</ref> [[Translation (ecclesiastical)|Translated]] to become [[Anglican Diocese of Calcutta|Bishop of Calcutta]] in 1912.<ref>''New Bishop Of Calcutta'' [[The Times]] Tuesday, 17 December 1912; pg. 10; Issue 40084; col B</ref> Lefroy was known for his regular participation in public religious debates and for his lectures among Muslims and Hindus.<ref>{{cite book|author=John C.B. Webster|title=A Social History of Christianity: North-west India since 1800|year=2018|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-947837-8|pages=144}}</ref> He also joined fellow missionary [[C. F. Andrews]] in opposing western racism towards Indians.<ref>{{cite book|author=John C.B. Webster|title=A Social History of Christianity: North-west India since 1800|year=2018|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-947837-8|pages=153}}</ref> He became a [[Doctor of Divinity]] (DD) and died in post on 1 January 1919.<ref>''Obituary- The Bishop Of Calcutta'' [[The Times]] Tuesday, 7 January 1919; pg. 11; Issue 41991; col E</ref><br />
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*{{cite book|last=Lefroy|first=George Alfred|authorlink=George Lefroy|title=[[s:The leather-workers of Daryaganj|The leather-workers of Daryaganj]]|year=1884|publisher=Cambridge Mission to Delhi|location=Delhi}}<br />
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