Henry Aylmer Skelton (11 October 188430 August 1959) was a

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in the mid part of the twentieth century. He was born in 1884''West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1910''''

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'' and educated at

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and

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. He was made deacon in Advent 1910 (18 December) at Farnham Parish Church and ordained priest in February 1912 at Chertsey Parish Church (his title church) — both times by John Randolph,

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. After a curacy at Chertsey he moved to be

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of Epsom. After a spell in the

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he became Rector of

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then ''Sub Dean'' of

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. In 1936 he was appointed

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then three years later

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. He was consecrated a bishop on St Matthias' Day (24 February) 1939, by Cosmo Lang,

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, at

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. In 1942 he was

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to be the Bishop of Lincoln''

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'', Friday, 7 August 1942; p. 7; Issue 49308; col C "Ecclesiastical News: New Bishop Of Lincoln" where he stayed for four years only because of poor health.

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1884 births People educated at Felsted School Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Archdeacons of St Albans Bishops of Bedford Bishops of Lincoln Holders of a Lambeth degree 20th-century Church of England bishops 1959 deaths Alumni of Bishops' College, Cheshunt {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub