Bishops of Buckingham - Edward Domett Shaw, Bishop of Buckingham, Gordon David Savage, Colin Bennetts, Michael Hill, Philip Herbert Eliot (Paperback)

Chapters: Edward Domett Shaw, Bishop of Buckingham, Gordon David Savage, Colin Bennetts, Michael Hill, Philip Herbert Eliot, George Christopher Cutts Pepys, Robert Milton Hay, Simon Hedley Burrows. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Edward Domett Shaw was Bishop of Buckingham from 1914 to 1921. Born on 5 October 1860 he was educated at Forest School, Walthamstow and Oriel College, Oxford . As a young man he played first class cricket, both for his university and Middlesex In 1887 he was appointed Headmaster of Bishops Stortford School and was ordained two years later. In 1891 he married Agnes Gilbeywith whom he had ten children. From 1894 until 1910 he was the Vicar of High Wycombe when he was appointed Archdeacon of Buckingham. In 1913 it was announced that he would be the first Bishop of Buckingham, a post he was to hold until 1920 when his duties were widened to encompass the role of Assistant Bishop across the whole Diocese . He died on 5 November 1937, his Times obituary commenting that although his churchmanship was very definite his kind nature ensured he could always see the good in other peoples natures. ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1768864