Henry Mosley (1868–1948) was an Anglican cleric who was

Bishop of Stepney The Bishop of Stepney is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of London, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Stepney, an inner-city district in the London Borough of T ...

from 1919 to 1928 and Bishop of Southwell from 1928 to 1941.

Early life

Mosley was born at Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, the son of Henry Mosley. He was educated at Newcastle-under-Lyme High School and matriculated at Keble College, Oxford on 17 October 1887. He was awarded a BA in 1890 and began his ordained ministry.“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991

Ministry

Mosley began with a

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and held a succession of inner city posts in the east of London. He was with the

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Stratford Mission and became

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of Poplar. He was then at Hackney and Stoke Newington and became

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. In 1919 he was appointed the suffragan

. He was appointed Bishop of Southwell in 1928. He retired in 1941 and served on the Council for the Church and the Countryside from 1943 to 1944. Mosley died in the Kingsclere district in 1948.

Family

Mosley married Mildred Willis, daughter of Edmund Willis, curate of Horsham, in 1908. Their son Michael was killed in action at the battle of El AlameinThe Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum
and their daughter, Mildred Betty, who married Michael Ridley (vicar of Pimlico and Finchley), became a Church Commissioner.

References

1868 births Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Bishops of Stepney Bishops of Southwell 20th-century Church of England bishops 1948 deaths People from Newcastle-under-Lyme {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub