Henry Aylmer Skelton (11 October 1884 – 30 August 1959) was a bishop in the mid part of the twentieth century.

He was born in 1884[1][2] and educated at Felsted, Keble College, Oxford and Bishops' College, Cheshunt.[3] He was made deacon in Advent 1910 (18 December) at Farnham Parish Church[4] and ordained priest in February 1912 at Chertsey Parish Church (his title church) — both times by John Randolph, Bishop suffragan of Guildford.[5] After a curacy at Chertsey he moved to be Vicar of Epsom. After a spell in the Antipodes he became Rector of Toddington then Sub Dean of St Albans Cathedral. In 1936 he was appointed Archdeacon of St Albans[6] then three years later Bishop of Bedford.[7] He was consecrated a bishop on St Matthias' Day (24 February) 1939, by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.[8] In 1942 he was translated to be the Bishop of Lincoln[9] where he stayed for four years only because of poor health.

References

  1. ^ West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1910
  2. ^ 1939 England and Wales Register
  3. ^ Who was Who 1897-2007. London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. ^ "Ordinations on Sunday last". Church Times. No. 2500. 23 December 1910. p. 875. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 6 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
  5. ^ "Ordination (col B)". Church Times. No. 2561. 23 February 1912. p. 246. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 6 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
  6. ^ "Ecclesiastical News: New Archdeacon Of St. Albans" The Times Friday, 7 February 1936; p. 17; Issue 47292; col D
  7. ^ History of post Archived 16 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Bishops for Bedford and South America. A Consecration in Westminster Abbey". Church Times. No. 3971. 3 March 1939. p. 218. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 6 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
  9. ^ The Times, Friday, 7 August 1942; p. 7; Issue 49308; col C "Ecclesiastical News: New Bishop Of Lincoln"
Church of England titles Preceded byLumsden Barkway Bishop of Bedford 1939 – 1942 Succeeded byinterregnum Preceded byNugent Hicks Bishop of Lincoln 1942 – 1946 Succeeded byLeslie Owen


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