Edward Burroughs (bishop)

The Rt Rev Edward Arthur Burroughs[1] (1885–1934) was an eminent Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th century.[2]

Born into an ecclesiastical family[3] on 1 October 1882 and educated at Harrow and Balliol, he was ordained in 1908.[4] He was Fellow, Lecturer and Tutor at Hertford College, Oxford and an Honorary Chaplain to the King before being appointed Dean of Bristol in 1922. Four year later he was elevated to the Episcopate as Bishop of Ripon.[5] An eminent author,[6] he died on 23 August 1934.

References

  1. ^ NPG details
  2. ^ Open Library
  3. ^ His father was Prebendary W.E. Burroughs > Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
  4. ^ ”The Clergy List”: London, Kelly’s, 1913
  5. ^ National Archives
  6. ^ Amongst others he wrote “The Eternal Goal, 1915”; “The Way of Peace”, 1920; “The Christian Church and War”, 1931; “Christianity and the Crisis”, 1933 > British Library web-site accessed Saturday 9 May 2009 11:04 GMT
Church of England titles
Preceded by
St John Basil Wynne Willson		 Dean of Bristol
1922 – 1926		 Succeeded by
Henry Lawe Corry Vully de Candole
Preceded by
Thomas Banks Strong		 Bishop of Ripon
1926 – 1934		 Succeeded by
Geoffrey Lunt
Deans of Bristol

William Snow • John Whiteheare  • George Carew  • Henry Joliffe • George Carew • John Sprint • Anthony Watson • Simon Robson (dean)Simon Robson • Edward Chetwynd • Mathew Nicholas • Henry Glemham • Richard Towgood  • Samuel Crossman Richard Thompson  • William Levett • George Royse • Robert Boothe  • Samuel Creswick  • Thomas Chamberlayne  • William Warburton • Samuel Squire • Francis Ayscough  • Cutts Barton  • John Hallam • Charles Peter Layard • Bowyer Edward Sparke • John Parsons • Henry Beeke • Thomas Musgrave  • John Lamb • Gilbert Elliott  • Francis Pigou • St John Basil Wynne Willson • Edward Arthur Burroughs • Henry Lawe Corry Vully de Candole • Harry William Blackburne • Francis Evered Lunt • Douglas Ernest William Harrison • Alfred Hounsell Horace Dammers • Wesley Carr • Robert William Grimley •

Charles Longley • Robert Bickersteth • William Boyd Carpenter • Thomas Drury • Thomas Strong • Edward Burroughs • Geoffrey Lunt • George Chase • John Moorman • Hetley Price • David Young • John Packer, Bishop of Ripon and Leeds