Henry Hodgson
Henry Bernard Hodgson DD MA was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the first half of the 20th century.[1]
He was born in Penrith into an ecclesiastical family [2] on 10 March 1856, educated at Shrewsbury and The Queen's College, Oxford and ordained in 1880.[3] He began his career as a school chaplain at Elizabeth College, Guernsey after which he was Vicar of Staverton, Northamptonshire then Headmaster of Birkenhead School. Later he was Vicar of Thornbury, Gloucestershire[4] then Rural Dean of Norham.[5] He was the Archdeacon of Lindisfarne from 1904 to 1914 when he was elevated to the Episcopate as the inaugural Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich,[6] a post he held until his death on 28 February 1921.[7] There is a memorial to him at St Edmundsbury Cathedral.[8]
Notes
- ^ "Handbook of British Chronology" Fryde,E.B;Greenway D.E;Porter,S;Roy,I Cambridge, CUP,1996 ISBN 9780521563505
- ^ His father was George Courtenay Hodgson, sometime Vicar of Barton, Cumberland “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
- ^ Thornbury roots
- ^ The Times, Tuesday, May 04, 1897; pg. 12; Issue 35194; col E Ecclesiastical Intelligence. Rural Dean of Norham
- ^ Consecration Of Bishops. The New Sees For Essex And Suffolk The Times Wednesday, Feb 25, 1914; pg. 6; Issue 40456; col B
- ^ Obituary Dr. H. B. Hodgson The Times Tuesday, Mar 01, 1921; pg. 15; Issue 42657; col E
- ^ Geograph
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Office holders in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
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Hodgson, Walter Godfrey |
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1856 |
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1921 |
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