George Eden (bishop)
George Rodney Eden (9 September 1853 – 7 January 1940) was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Dover[1] and Wakefield[2]
George Rodney Eden was descended from the 3rd Eden Baronet of West Auckland. He was educated at Reading School and Pembroke College, Cambridge.[3] He began his ecclesiastical career as Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham. After an incumbency at Bishop Auckland – in latter years he was also Rural Dean[4] – he began what his Times obituary described as "nearly forty years of quiet but efficient service to the episcopate".[5] He served as Chair of the Education Committee of the Church of England National Assembly.
His daughter Dorothy, herself mentioned in Despatches during the Great War,[5] married a clergyman, Clement Mallory Ricketts who was Bishop of Dunwich from 1945 until 1955.
See also
- Robert Eden
- Eden Baronets
References
- ↑ The Times, Saturday, Aug 23, 1890; pg. 6; Issue 33098; col D New Bishop of Dover
- ↑ The Times, Friday, Nov 05, 1897; pg. 12; Issue 35353; col C Ecclesiastical Intelligence Enthronement of the Bishop of Wakefield
- ↑ "Eden, George Rodney (EDN872GR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ ”Who was Who 1897-1990” London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Times, Monday, Jan 08, 1940; pg. 9; Issue 48507; col D Obituary The Rt Rev GH Eden
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| Preceded by Edward Parry |
Bishop of Dover 1890 – 1897 |
Succeeded by William Walsh |
| Preceded by William Walsham How |
Bishop of Wakefield 1897 – 1928 |
Succeeded by James Buchanan Seaton |
Source: Wakefield Diocese by Kate Taylor (2012)
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