George Rodney Eden
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George Rodney Eden (9 September 1853 – 7 January 1940) was a former Bishop of Dover[1] and Wakefield [2]. Educated at Reading School and Pembroke College, Cambridge he began his ecclesiastical career as Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham. After an incumbency at Bishop Auckland[3]he began what his Times obituary described as
”nearly forty years of quiet but efficient service to the episcopate”[4].
His daughter Dorothy, herself mentioned in Despatches during the Great War[5], married a clergyman, Clement Mallory Ricketts who was Bishop of Grantham from 1945 until 1955.
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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 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ In latter years he was also Rural Dean- ”Who was Who 1897-1990” London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
- ^ The Times, Monday, Jan 08, 1940; pg. 9; Issue 48507; col D Obituary The Rt Rev GH Eden
- ^ His Times Obituary (Ibid)
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