Edward Lowry Henderson (1873 – 26 September 1947) was a priest in the
Church of England
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and the
Scottish Episcopal Church
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.
Born in 1873 and educated at
Radley
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and
Oriel College, Oxford
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, he was
ordained
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in 1899. His first post was as a
Curate
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of
St Anne's Limehouse
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History
St Anne's Limehouse was formed ...
, after which he was Rector of
St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft
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and then a
Residentiary Canon
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Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergy house or, later, in one of the houses within the precinct of ...
at
Gloucester Cathedral
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. In 1919, he was appointed
Provost
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of
St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh. In 1925, he became
Dean of St Albans
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and a decade later of
Salisbury
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. He retired in 1943, becoming ''Dean Emeritus''
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His son Edward
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History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ...
was Bishop of Bath and Wells
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The present diocese covers the overwhelmingly greater part of the (ceremonial) county of Somerset and a small area of D ...
from 1960 to 1975.
References
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1873 births
People educated at Radley College
Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford
Provosts of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal)
Deans of St Albans
Deans of Salisbury
1947 deaths