The Rt Rev

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 John William Diggle, DD

Doctor of Divinity

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 was born on 2 March 1847. He was the son of William Diggle, a warehouseman of Pendleton

Pendleton, Greater Manchester

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, Lancashire

Lancashire

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 and his wife Nancy Ann née Chadderton. His younger brother, Joseph Diggle

Joseph Diggle

The Reverend Joseph Robert Diggle JP was a British Anglican clergyman, politician and public servant. He is notable for his campaign to change the law to allow clergymen to take seats in the House of Commons , and for his chairmanship of the London School Board...

 (1849–1917) was to become chairman of the London School Board

London School Board

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John was educated at Manchester Grammar School

Manchester Grammar School

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 and Merton College, Oxford

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. He began his career with curacies

Curate

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 at St Margaret, Whalley Range, All Saints’, Liverpool

Liverpool

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 and St John’s, Walton

Walton, Merseyside

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. From 1875 until 1897 he was Vicar

Vicar

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 of Mossley Hill

Mossley Hill

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. He was later appointed Archdeacon

Archdeacon

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 of Westmorland

Westmorland

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 and then of Birmingham

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. In 1905 he became Bishop of Carlisle

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, a post he held until his death on 24 March 1920.

His son, Percy Robert Diggle

Percy Robert Diggle

Percy Robert Diggle was an English sportsman who played rugby union at an international level, touring Argentina with the 1910 Combined British rugby union side, an early incarnation of the British and Irish Lions.-Early life:...

, was a rugby union international, representing the Combined British on the 1910 RFU tour to Argentina

1910 British Lions tour to Argentina

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, an early incarnation of the British and Irish Lions

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