George Rodney Eden (9 September 1853 – 7 January 1940) was a former Bishop of Dover[1] and Wakefield [2]. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Bishop of Dover is an Episcopal title given to a Suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of Canterbury, England. The Bishop of Wakefield is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Wakefield Educated at Reading School and Pembroke College, Cambridge he began his ecclesiastical career as Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham. Reading School is a Grammar school in the town of Reading, Berkshire, England. Pembroke College is a college of the University of Cambridge, home to over six hundred students and fellows, and is the third oldest of the colleges A chaplain is typically a Priest, Pastor, ordained Deacon, Rabbi, Imam or other member of the Clergy serving a group of Joseph Barber Lightfoot ( April 13, 1828 &ndash December 21, 1889) was an English theologian and 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]. In the broadest sense a vicar (from the Latin Vicarius) is a representative anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior Bishop Auckland is a Market town in County Durham in North East England. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register.
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. Mentioned in Despatches (MID is a Military award for gallantry or otherwise commendable service World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Clement Mallory Ricketts was the second Bishop of Dunwich from 1945 to 1955 The Bishop of Grantham is an Episcopal title given to Suffragan bishop in the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln, which is within the
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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 |