Edward Beckles

Edward Hyndman Beckles^[1] (1816 – 5 December 1902)^[2] was the Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone^[3] from 1860 until 1869.^[4]

He was born in Barbados in 1816,^[5] educated at Codrington College Barbados and ordained in 1843. After resigning his episcopal see he was Minister of Berkeley Chapel, Mayfair,^[2] Rector of Wootton, Kent and finally Vicar of St Peter, Bethnal Green.^[6] At some point he gained a Doctorate of Divinity (DD).

References

↑ Photo of Bishop Beckles
1 2 Beckles, Edward Hyndman. Who Was Who. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
↑ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
↑ The Times, Saturday, Mar 06, 1869; pg. 12; Issue 26378; col C Court Circular
↑ Genealogical web-site
↑ Now a listed building

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Bowen	Bishop of Sierra Leone 1860–1869	Succeeded by Henry Cheetham

Bishops of the Anglican Dioceses of Sierra Leone, Freetown and Bo

Sierra Leone	Owen Vidal John Weeks John Bowen Edward Beckles Henry Cheetham Graham Ingham John Taylor Smith Edmund Elwin John Walmsley George Wright James Horstead Moses Scott

Freetown	Prince Thompson Julius Lynch Thomas Wilson

Bo	Samuel Gbonda Michael Keili Emmanuel Tucker

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