Born in
Nice, France, on 5 February 1868 to Valentine Dudley Henry Cary Elwes & his second wife Alice Geraldine (
née Ward), Cary-Elwes was
ordained to the
priesthood on 30 May 1896 in Rome. He was appointed
Bishop of Northampton on 21 November 1921. His
consecration to the
episcopate took place on 15 December 1921, the principal
consecrator was Cardinal
Francis Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop
Arthur Doubleday of Brentwood and Bishop
Thomas Dunn of Nottingham. ==References==