Edward Worsfold Mowll (28 December 1881 – 12 June 1964) was an Anglican bishop, the fourth

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. Educated at

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and

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, he was

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in 1905 and after a

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Leyton Leyton () is a town in east London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It borders Walthamstow to the north, Leytonstone to the east, and Stratford to the south, with Clapton, Hackney Wick and Homerton, across the River L ...

became

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of the ''Church Pastoral-Aid Society''. Incumbencies at

Benwell Benwell is an area in the West End of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. History The place-name 'Benwell' is first attested in the ''Historia de Sancto Cuthberto'' circa 1050 AD, where it appears as ''Bynnewalle'', from the Old English ''bionnan ...

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and

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followed, before he became Provost of

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in 1933. Elevation to the

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followed ten years later and he stayed in this, his final post, until retirement in 1951. A "kind and fatherly man",''The Times'', Monday, Jun 15, 1964; pg. 14; Issue 56038; col A "Rt. Rev. E. W. Mowll – Former Bishop Of Middleton" he died in 1964.

Family

Edward Worsfold Mowll was the fourth son of Edward Worsfold Mowll and his wife, Mary Kingsford. He married firstly Josephine Denham Gildea, eldest daughter of John Randolph Gildea of Weatherfort Hall Co. Mayo Ireland on the 5 June 1909 in St Marylebone Parish Church, London England. Josephine died aged 30 in 1912. He married secondly Margaret Cicely Skrine, daughter of Henry Mills Skrine and Mary Jane Gore-Langton and great-granddaughter of

Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, (24 September 1887 – 5 January 1952) was a British Unionist politician, agriculturalist, and colonial administrator. He served as Governor-General and Viceroy of India from 1936 to 1943 ...

, on 4 August 1915 in Holy Trinity Church, Sloan Street, London. Margaret died on the 18th of Oct 1958. He married thirdly Alice Hone Kempson daughter of Edwin Hone Kempson and his wife, Beatrice Alice Garnett in 1959.

References

1881 births People educated at The King's School, Canterbury Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge Bishops of Middleton 20th-century Church of England bishops 1964 deaths Provosts and Deans of Bradford {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub