Edward Hardcastle (priest)

Edward Hoare Hardcastle (6 March 1862 – 20 May 1945)^[1]^[2] was an Anglican clergyman in the first half of the 20th century.^[3]

Son of Conservative politician Edward Hardcastle, Harcastle was educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge^[4] and ordained in 1887.^[5] After a curacy at St George’s Ramsgate^[6] he was Vicar of Weston, Bath. From 1901 to 1904 he was Rector^[7] of St Martin's Church, Canterbury. During this time he married the Hon Alice Goschen, second daughter of the 1st Viscount Goschen.^[8] He was subsequently Vicar of Maidstone.^[9] In 1924 he was appointed Archdeacon of Canterbury, a post he held until 1939. He was a keen sportsman.^[10]

His daughter, Monica Alice Hardcastle, was assistant advisor in religious education for the Diocese of Chichester from 1931 to 1948 and then Principal of St Christopher’s College, Blackheath until her retirement in 1963.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
↑ Obituary The Times Tuesday, May 22, 1945; pg. 7; Issue 50148; col C
↑ "Person Page 42433". thepeerage.com.
↑ "Hardcastle, Edward Hoare (HRDL880EH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
↑ "St George the Martyr Church, Ramsgate". stgeorgeschurchramsgate.org.
↑ "St. Martin's Church, Canterbury". machadoink.com.
↑ Court Circular The Times Wednesday, Jun 13, 1900; pg. 9; Issue 36167; col F
↑ "Short Guide to the Ancient Collegiate and Parish Church of All Saints, Maidstone" Hardcastle,E.H: Walter Ruck, Maidstone, 1922
↑ "Edward Hardcastle". Cricinfo.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Leonard Jauncey White-Thomson	Archdeacon of Canterbury 1924 –- 1939	Succeeded by Thomas Karl Sopwith

Archdeacons of Canterbury

High Medieval	Valerius Ansketil William John Helewise Walter Roger de Pont L'Évêque Thomas Becket Geoffrey Ridel Herbert Poore Philip of Poitou Henry de Castilion Henry Sandford Simon Langton Richard de Sancto Johanne Stephen de Monte Luelli/of Vienne Hugh de Mortuo Mari William Middleton Robert of Gernemue Richard de Ferings

Late Medieval	John de Langeton Simon de Faversham Bernard Ezius de le Breto Guichard de le Breto Simon Convenis John Bruton Raymond de Roux Hugh de Angoulême Simon de Montacute Robert de Stratford Bernard Sistre Pierre Roger Simon Islip William Cardinal de la Jugee Henry de Wakefield Aymar Roche John de Fordham William Pakington Adam Mottrum Thomas Butiller Richard Clifford Robert Hallam Angelo Cardinal Acciaioli John Wakering Henry Rumworth/Circeter William Chichele Prospero Cardinal Colonna Thomas Chichele Thomas Winterbourne John Bourgchier Hugh Peynthwyn

Early modern	William Warham Edmund Cranmer Nicholas Harpsfield Edmund Gheast Edmund Freke William Redman Charles Fotherby William Kingsley George Hall William Sancroft Samuel Parker John Battely Thomas Green Thomas Bowers Samuel Lisle Sir John Head William Backhouse John Lynch

Late modern	Houstonne Radcliffe Hugh Percy James Croft Edward Parry George Eden William Walsh Leonard White-Thomson Edward Hardcastle Karl Sopwith Alexander Sargent Michael Nott Bernard Pawley John Simpson Michael Till John Pritchard Patrick Evans Sheila Watson

Diocese of Canterbury

Canterbury Cathedral The Old Palace, Canterbury Diocesan House, Canterbury

Office holders	The Archbishop of Canterbury (Primate of All England), Justin Welby The Bishop suffragan of Dover (pseudo-diocesan), Trevor Willmott AEO – Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough The Dean of Canterbury, Robert Willis The Archdeacon of Canterbury, Sheila Watson The Archdeacon of Ashford, Philip Down The Archdeacon of Maidstone, Stephen Taylor

Provincial episcopal visitors	The Bishop suffragan of Richborough, Norman Banks The Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet, Jonathan Goodall The Bishop suffragan of Maidstone (vacant)

Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Croydon (1904–1985; transferred to Southwark) Bishop suffragan of Maidstone (1944–2009) Archdeacon of Croydon (1930–1985; transferred to Southwark)