Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, 12th Baronet

Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, 12th Baronet (22 May 1851 – 2 December 1925[1]) was a Bishop in the Church of England.

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Early life

Edwyn Hoskyns was fourth son of Canon Sir John Leigh Hoskyns, 9th Baronet, and father of Sir Edwyn Clement Hoskyns, 13th Baronet (1884–1937). He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College,[2] and then Jesus College, Cambridge.[3]

Career

He was ordained priest in the Church of England in 1875 and was assistant curate at Welwyn in Hertfordshire 1875 - 1879 and Quebec Chapel, London 1879 - 1881 to Canon F. J. Holland.

He was Vicar of St. Clement, Notting Hill from 1880 to 1886, Rector of St Dunstan's, Stepney from 1886 to 1895, Vicar of Bolton Parish Church from 1895 to 1901. Appointed Suffragan Bishop of Burnley in 1901, he was made Bishop of Southwell in 1904. Woodcock was offered but turned down the position of Archbishop of Cape Town in 1908; he remained bishop of Southwell until his death in 1925

Notes

  1. ^ The Times, 3 December 1925
  2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
  3. ^ Hoskyns, Edwyn in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.

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Church of England titles
Preceded by
Inaugural appointment		 Bishop of Burnley
1901–1904		 Succeeded by
Alfred Pearson
Preceded by
George Ridding		 Bishop of Southwell
1904–1925		 Succeeded by
Bernard Oliver Francis Heywood
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Leigh Hoskyns		 Baronet
1923–1925		 Succeeded by
Edwyn Hoskyns
Bishops of Southwell