Henry Wilson (bishop)

The Rt Rev Henry Albert Wilson , CBE, DD (6 September 1876, Port Bannatyne – 16 July 1961) was an eminent 20th century Anglican priest and distinguished author whose ecclesiastical career spanned half a century.[1]

Henry Albert Wilson was educated at Camberwell Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[2] Ordained in 1899,[3] he began his career with a Curacy at Christ Church, Hampstead after which he was Vicar of Norbiton. He was then Rural Dean of Cheltenham until his elevation to the Episcopate in 1929 as the third Bishop of Chelmsford.[4] A proposal to expedite divorce – by having divorce cases heard in a magistrates court rather than a higher court – prompted his strenuous objection in 1944: "the landslide in sexual morals" meant that Christianity was "hanging by a thread in this country today".[5] He resigned in 1950, and retired to Southwold.[2] He died 16 July 1961.[6]

Works

Notes

  1. ^ “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  2. ^ a b Wilson, Henry Albert in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
  3. ^ Crockford's clerical directory 1940–1941: Oxford, OUP, 1940
  4. ^ National Archives
  5. ^ Religion: Pretty Pass, Time Magazine, 31 June 1944
  6. ^ Rt. Rev. H. A. Wilson Former Bishop Of Chelmsford The Times Monday, Jul 17, 1961; pg. 18; Issue 55135; col D
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Frederic Sumpter Guy Warman		 Bishop of Chelmsford
1929–1950		 Succeeded by
Sherard Falkner Allison
Bishops of Chelmsford
Office holders in the Diocese of Chelmsford