thumb|right|Birley in 1925. '''Thomas Howard Birley'''<ref>[http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp103688/thomas-howard-birley NPG details]</ref> (11 December 1865<ref>[http://genes2.com/adams/b23.html Genes 2]</ref> – 1949) was Anglican Bishop of Zanzibar<ref>[http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Persons&dsqSearch=Code=='DS/UK/3585'&dsqCmd=Show.tcl National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives]{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref> from 1925<ref>''News in Brief'' The Times (London, England), Friday, Mar 20, 1925; pg. 14; Issue 43915</ref> until 1943. He was educated at Radley<ref>‘BIRLEY, Rt Rev. Thomas Howard’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U222666, accessed 2 Aug 2012]</ref> and Christ Church, Oxford<ref>''University Intelligence'' The Times (London, England), Friday, Dec 09, 1887; pg. 10; Issue 32251</ref> and ordained in 1889<ref>''Ordinations'' The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Dec 24, 1889; pg. 6; Issue 32890</ref> after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was Curate of St Saviour, Roath then Vicar of St Thomas the Martyr, Oxford.<ref>''Ecclesiastical Intelligence'' The Times (London, England), Friday, Nov 06, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 35041</ref> He was at the UMCA Mission at Korogwe from 1908 to 1911 and Archdeacon of Zigualand until 1925. He returned to England and became Chaplain to the St Giles Homes and Community of Sacred Passion at East Hanningfield. He died on 31 March 1949.<ref>''Bishop T. H. Birley'' The Times(London, England), Saturday, Apr 02, 1949; pg. 6; Issue 51346</ref>
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