Background
He was the son of Canon James Bardsley, a Bradford curate.
He was the son of Canon James Bardsley, a Bradford curate.
Trinity College; Manchester Grammar School.
He was and educated at Manchester Grammar School and Trinity College, Dublin. He began his career as a curate at Street Anne"s Sale after which he held incumbencies at Street John"s, Bootle and then Street Saviour"s, Liverpool. From 1880 to 1886 he was Archdeacon of Warrington and then Archdeacon of Liverpool for a year before his ordination to the episcopate as Bishop of Sodor and Manitoba in 1887.
In 1891 he was translated to Carlisle, a post he held until his death on 14 March 1914.
He died in 1914 and was buried at Roughtonhead near Carlisle.