Henry Durant (bishop)

Henry Bickersteth Durant (also spelt Durrant; 17 March 1871 – 16 January 1932) was the Bishop of Lahore from 1913 until his death.

Born into a very eminent ecclesiastical family – his father was Secretary of the Church Missionary Society, his uncle was Edward Bickersteth (bishop of Exeter) and his cousin Edward Bickersteth (bishop of South Tokyo) – he was educated at Highgate School, and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1894, after a curacy at St Matthew’s, East Stonehouse, he became a Missionary in India, eventually rising to be Principal of St John’s College, Agra. before elevation to the episcopate