Background
Elsey was born into a sporting family on 4 July 1880 in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, and educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth and Lincoln College, Oxford.
Elsey was born into a sporting family on 4 July 1880 in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, and educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth and Lincoln College, Oxford.
Lincoln College; Ripon College Cuddesdon.
Ordained in 1905 Elsey was initially a curate at Street Faith"s Stepney and then its Priest in charge. During World World War II, he was a chaplain to the Australian Armed Forces
Elsey retired in 1950 and died in Perth, Western Australia on 25 September 1966.
In 1914 he began a long period of service overseas, firstly as a member of the Bush Brotherhood of Street Boniface in the Anglican Diocese of Bunbury, Western Australia, then its Warden, following which he was elevated to the Episcopate as Bishop of Kalgoorlie.