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'''Roscow George Shedden''' was an [[Anglican]] [[Colonialism|colonial]] [[bishop]] in the first half of the 20th century.<ref>[http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/Archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='Bell/184-368/204-218/209/58') National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives]</ref>


'''Roscow George Shedden''' (13 May 1882 – 11 December 1956) was an [[Anglican]] [[Colonialism|colonial]] [[bishop]] in the first half of the 20th century.<ref>[http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/Archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='Bell/184-368/204-218/209/58') National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives]</ref>
Born into a noble family<ref>[http://www.shedden.org.uk/sheddens-in-england.php Shedden Genealogy Site]</ref> at [[East Cowes]]<ref>[http://www.panhwar.com/rarebooks/Visitation%20of%20England%20and%20Wales.pdf Visitation of England and Wales]</ref> on 13 May 1882 and educated at [[Twyford School]], [[Winchester College|Winchester]] and [[Brasenose College, Oxford]]<ref>[[Who's Who|Who was Who 1987-1990]]: London, [[A & C Black]], 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X</ref> he was ordained in 1907.<ref>''The Clergy List'', London, Kelly’s 1913</ref> His first posts were at St Peter’s [[Leicester]] and [[All Saints, Margaret Street]] when he was ordained to the [[episcopate]] as [[Bishop of Nassau]], a position he held until 1931. Returning to [[England]] he was [[Vicar]] of St Peter and St Paul's [[Wantage]] from 1931 until his retirement in 1952. He died on 11 December 1956.<ref>"Obituary: Rt. Rev. R. G. Shedden", ''[[The Times]]'' 12 December 1956, p. 12</ref>

Born into the family of Sir George Shedden of Paulespury Park,<ref>[http://www.shedden.org.uk/sheddens-in-england.php Shedden Genealogy Site]</ref> at [[East Cowes]]<ref>[http://www.panhwar.com/rarebooks/Visitation%20of%20England%20and%20Wales.pdf Visitation of England and Wales]</ref> he was educated at [[Twyford School]], [[Winchester College|Winchester]], and [[Brasenose College, Oxford]],<ref>[[Who's Who|Who was Who 1987-1990]]: London, [[A & C Black]], 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}</ref> and was ordained into the ministry of the [[Church of England]] in 1907.<ref>''The Clergy List'', London, Kelly’s 1913</ref> His first posts were at St Peter's [[Leicester]] and [[All Saints, Margaret Street]].<ref>{{cite book | last=[[Richard Malden|Malden Richard (ed)]] | author-link= | title= Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) | location= London | publisher= The Field Press| page=1086| year=1920 | isbn=}}</ref> He was ordained to the [[episcopate]] as [[Bishop of Nassau and The Bahamas|Bishop of Nassau]], a position he held until 1931. Returning to [[England]] he was [[Vicar]] of [[St Peter and St Paul's, Wantage]] from 1931 until his retirement in 1952. He was also an [[Assistant Bishop of Oxford]] from 1947 until<ref>{{Church Times | title = Personal | archive = 1952_09_26_688 | issue = 4677 | date = 26 September 1981 | page = 16 | accessed = 16 March 2020 }}</ref> his death on 11 December 1956.<ref>"Obituary: Rt. Rev. R. G. Shedden", ''[[The Times]]'' 12 December 1956, p. 12</ref>

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Latest revision as of 15:42, 9 December 2022

Roscow George Shedden (13 May 1882 – 11 December 1956) was an Anglican colonial bishop in the first half of the 20th century.[1]

Born into the family of Sir George Shedden of Paulespury Park,[2] at East Cowes[3] he was educated at Twyford School, Winchester, and Brasenose College, Oxford,[4] and was ordained into the ministry of the Church of England in 1907.[5] His first posts were at St Peter's Leicester and All Saints, Margaret Street.[6] He was ordained to the episcopate as Bishop of Nassau, a position he held until 1931. Returning to England he was Vicar of St Peter and St Paul's, Wantage from 1931 until his retirement in 1952. He was also an Assistant Bishop of Oxford from 1947 until[7] his death on 11 December 1956.[8]

References

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  1. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  2. ^ Shedden Genealogy Site
  3. ^ Visitation of England and Wales
  4. ^ Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  5. ^ The Clergy List, London, Kelly’s 1913
  6. ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1086.
  7. ^ "Personal". Church Times. No. 4677. 26 September 1981. p. 16. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  8. ^ "Obituary: Rt. Rev. R. G. Shedden", The Times 12 December 1956, p. 12
Religious titles
Preceded by Bishop of Nassau
1919 –1931
Succeeded by