George Rodney Eden

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George Rodney Eden (9 September 1853 – 7 January 1940) was a former Bishop of Dover^[1] and Wakefield ^[2]. Educated at Reading School and Pembroke College, Cambridge he began his ecclesiastical career as Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham. After an incumbency at Bishop Auckland^[3]he began what his Times obituary described as

”nearly forty years of quiet but efficient service to the episcopate”^[4].

His daughter Dorothy, herself mentioned in Despatches during the Great War^[5], married a clergyman, Clement Mallory Ricketts who was Bishop of Grantham from 1945 until 1955.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Edward Parry	Bishop of Dover 1890 – 1897	Succeeded by William Walsh
Preceded by William Walsham How	Bishop of Wakefield 1897 – 1928	Succeeded by James Buchanan Seaton

[edit] Notes

1. ^ The Times, Saturday, Aug 23, 1890; pg. 6; Issue 33098; col D New Bishop of Dover
2. ^ The Times, Friday, Nov 05, 1897; pg. 12; Issue 35353; col C Ecclesiastical Intelligence Enthronement of the Bishop of Wakefield
3. ^ In latter years he was also Rural Dean- ”Who was Who 1897-1990” London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
4. ^ The Times, Monday, Jan 08, 1940; pg. 9; Issue 48507; col D Obituary The Rt Rev GH Eden
5. ^ His Times Obituary (Ibid)

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