Alfred Rose (bishop)

Alfred Carey Wollaston Rose (1884-1971^[1]) was the sixth Bishop of Dover in the modern era,^[2][3] from 1935.^[4] to 1956^[5]

Educated at Marlborough and Worcester College, Oxford, he began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Mary, Somers Town after which he served as a Naval Chaplain during World War I. When peace returned he was Warden of the Bishop's Hostel, Lincoln and after this was successively Vicar of Haigh, Rural Dean of Brighton and a Chaplain to The King before his elevation to the episcopate^[6]. In retirement he continued to serve The Church as an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Canterbury and as a Sub-Prelate of The Order of St John of Jerusalem

Notes

1. ^ Deaths The Times Monday, Apr 12, 1971; pg. 12; Issue 58144; col A
2. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
3. ^ ”Who was Who 1897-1990” London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
4. ^ New Bishop Of Dover- Vicar Of Brighton Appointed The Times Monday, Nov 12, 1934; pg. 14; Issue 46909; col F
5. ^ Bishop of Dover to Resign The Times Monday, Oct 22, 1956; pg. 8; Issue 53668; col F
6. ^ Documents held by The National Archives