Edward Woods (bishop)

Bust of Woods, by Jacob Epstein, in Lichfield Cathedral

Memorial to Edward Sydney Woods in Lichfield Cathedral

Edward Sydney Woods (1 November 1877 – 11 January 1953) was an Anglican bishop, the second Suffragan Bishop of Croydon from 1930 until 1937 and, from then until his death, the 94th Bishop of Lichfield.^[1]

Bishop Woods' mother Alice Fry was granddaughter of the prison reformer Elizabeth Fry, and his wife Clemence Barclay was great granddaughter of Thomas Fowell Buxton. Son of the Rev Frank Woods his grandfather was civil engineer Edward Woods.

Woods was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[2] He was ordained priest in 1902 and married Clemence Barclay the following year.^[3] He was Chaplain, Lecturer then Vice Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge followed by wartime service at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.^[4] When peace returned he became Vicar of Holy Trinity, Cambridge. From there he moved to Croydon where he was successively vicar, rural dean, archdeacon and suffragan bishop.^[5] In 1937 he became the diocesan Bishop of Lichfield.^[6] He had the distinction of being one of two survivors of a German air raid by hiding under a dining table with Ann Charteris, the future wife of Ian Fleming.

Woods was Lord High Almoner from 1946 to 1953.

A prolific author, he died in office on 11 January 1953,^[7] his wife having died a year earlier.^[1] He was commemorated posthumously in a collection of appreciations.^[8]

He is commemorated in Lichfield Cathedral by a bust, the work of Jacob Epstein (1958).

Works

Forgiveness of Sins, London, SPCK, 1916
(with Very Rev. F. B. Macnutt) Theodore, Bishop of Winchester, London, SPCK, 1933
How stands religion?, Cambridge, Lutterworth, 1949

References

1 2 Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ "Woods, Edward Sydney (WDS896ES)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ The Times, Saturday, 1 Aug 1903; pg. 1; Issue 37148; col A Woods; Barclay
↑ The Times, Monday, 17 Jun 1918; pg. 11; Issue 41818; col B Royal Pavilion, Aldershot camp
↑ The Times, Friday, 2 May 1930; pg. 19; Issue 45502; col D Bishop Of Croydon Consecrated Service In The Abbey
↑ The See Of Lichfield Translation Of The Bishop Of Croydon (Official Appointments and Notices), The Times Thursday, 4 Mar 1937; pg. 14; Issue 47624; col C
↑ The Times, 12 January 1953, p1, "Death of Bishop of Lichfield"
↑ Edward Sydney Woods: 94th Bishop of Lichfield, London, Gollanz, 1954

Bishops of Croydon

Canterbury suffragans	Henry Pereira Edward Woods William Anderson Maurice Harland Cuthbert Bardsley John Hughes Stuart Snell (continued in Southwark)

Southwark suffragans	Stuart Snell Wilfred Wood (became first area bishop)

Southwark area bishops	Wilfred Wood Nick Baines Jonathan Clark

Bishops of Lichfield (including precursor offices)

Mercia	Diuma Ceollach Trumhere Jaruman Chad, Bishop of the Mercians & the Lindisfaras

Lichfield	Winfrith Seaxwulf Headda Aldwine Witta Hemele Cuthfrith Berhthun Hygeberht (Archbishop of Lichfield) Ealdwulf Herewine Æthelwold Hunberght Cynefrith Tunberht Wulfsige Burgheard Eadberht Wulfred Wilferth Ælfwine Wulfgar Cynesige Wynsige Elphege Godwin Leofgar Brihtmær Wulfsige Leofwin Peter (became Bishop of Chester) Peter, Bishop of Chester

Coventry	Robert de Limesey, Bishop of Chester Robert de Limesey (previously Bishop of Chester) Robert Peche Roger de Clinton Walter Durdent Richard Peche Gerard la Pucelle Hugh Nonant Geoffrey de Muschamp William de Cornhill Alexander de Stavenby

Coventry & Lichfield	Alexander de Stavenby Hugh de Pateshull Roger Weseham Roger de Meyland Walter Langton Roger Northburgh Robert de Stretton Walter Skirlaw Richard le Scrope John Burghill John Catterick James Cary William Heyworth William Booth Nicholas Close Reginald Boulers John Hales William Smyth John Arundel Geoffrey Blythe Rowland Lee

Lichfield & Coventry	Rowland Lee Richard Sampson Ralph Baines Thomas Bentham William Overton George Abbot Richard Neile John Overall Thomas Morton Robert Wright Accepted Frewen John Hacket Thomas Wood William Lloyd John Hough Edward Chandler Richard Smalbroke Frederick Cornwallis John Egerton Brownlow North Richard Hurd James Cornwallis Henry Ryder Samuel Butler

Lichfield	Samuel Butler James Bowstead John Lonsdale George Selwyn William Maclagan Augustus Legge John Kempthorne Edward Woods Stretton Reeve Kenneth Skelton Keith Sutton Jonathan Gledhill Clive Gregory (acting) Michael Ipgrave

Archdeacons of Croydon

Canterbury diocese	Edward Woods, Bishop suffragan of Croydon William Anderson, Bishop suffragan of Croydon Harold Bradfield Maurice Harland, Bishop suffragan of Croydon Charles Tonks Jesse Clayson John Hughes, Bishop suffragan of Croydon Frederick Hazell

Southwark diocese	Frederick Hazell Tony Davies Barry Goodwin (Acting) Chris Skilton

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 229090364

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