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Edward Mowll

1881 – 1964

British bishop

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About Edward Mowll

Lived 1881 – 1964 (aged 82–83). Edward Mowll was an anglican priest.

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

Educated at The King's School, Canterbury and Jesus College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1905 and after a curacy at Leyton became secretary of the Church Pastoral-Aid Society. Incumbencies at Benwell, Southport and Oxford followed, before he became Provost of Bradford Cathedral in 1933. Elevation to the Episcopate followed ten years later and he stayed in this, his final post, until retirement in 1951. A "kind and fatherly man", 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, 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.

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Important facts

Born
1881
Birth century
Died
1964
Occupation
Education
Jesus College
Positions held
Provost of Bradford, Bishop of Middleton
Also known as
Edward Worsfold Mowll

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Who was Edward Mowll?

British bishop

When was Edward Mowll born?

Edward Mowll was born in 1881.

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Edward Mowll died in 1964.

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Edward Mowll was an anglican priest.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Edward Mowll

· Wikidata: Q5344544

· DBpedia: Edward Mowll

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