Edward Lowry Henderson (1873 – 26 September 1947) was a priest in the

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and the

Scottish Episcopal Church The Scottish Episcopal Church ( gd, Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba; sco, Scots Episcopal(ian) Kirk) is the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in Scotland. A continuation of the Church of Scotland as intended by King James VI, and ...

. Born in 1873 and educated at

Radley Radley is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish about northeast of the centre of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The parish includes the Hamlet (place), hamlet of Lower Radley on the River Thames. It was part of B ...

and

Oriel College, Oxford Oriel College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford (a title formerly claimed by University College, wh ...

, he was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...

in 1899. His first post was as a

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St Anne's Limehouse St Anne's Limehouse is a Hawksmoor Anglican Church in Limehouse, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was consecrated in 1730, one of the twelve churches built through the 1711 Act of Parliament. History St Anne's Limehouse was formed fr ...

, after which he was Rector of St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft and then a Residentiary Canon at

Gloucester Cathedral Gloucester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the River Severn. It originated with the establishment of a minster dedicated to S ...

. In 1919, he was appointed Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh. In 1925, he became

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and a decade later of

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. He retired in 1943, becoming ''Dean Emeritus''National Archives
/ref> and died on 26 September 1947. His son

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was

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from 1960 to 1975.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Henderson, Edward Lowry 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