Henry de Candole explained

Henry Handley Vully de Candole (1895–1971) was Bishop of Knaresborough from 1949 to 1965.

Background

De Candole was born on 25 May 1895 into a clerical family[1] – his father was the Ven. Henry Lawe Corry Vully de Candole, who had two brothers:-

De Candole's mother was Helen (Edith) Thompson (1860–1930), the daughter of Sir Henry Thompson, 1st Baronet

H. H. V. de Candole was a grandson of Henry Sundius Vully de Candole (25 June 1841 at Bierlow, Yorks – May 1877 at Barton Regis, Glocs) and his wife Emily Roe Lawe (born in India in 1843; died in London in March 1899).

His only sibling was Alexander Corry de Candole,[2] the "War Poet" (born 26 January 1897 at Cheltenham, k.i.a. Bonningues, 3 September 1918) see "A Deep Cry"

Education

De Candole was educated at Marlborough College and King's College, Cambridge.[3] In 1920 he studied for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge before returning to his old school as Assistant Chaplain.

Career

From 1920 until 1926 he was Resident Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, followed by a curacy in Newcastle upon Tyne.[4]

After two years as Chaplain at Peterhouse, Cambridge de Candole served in a variety of posts within the Diocese of Chichester between 1937[5] and 1949.[6] [7] He took charge of Wiston Church, Sussex in 1939–40, while the rector was absent on Army service and was Vicar of Henfield from 1940 to 1949.[8] In 1949 he was appointed Suffragan Bishop of Knaresborough where he combined pastoral duties with service to the “Parish and People” movement.[9]

A prolific author (see Bibliography below) and a passionate Liturgist[10] he died on 16 June 1971.[11] He bequeathed his considerable diaries[12] to the nation. They are currently held at Lambeth Palace Library, and a distillation of these has been published.[13]

Family

In Q2, 1937 in Scarborough, he married Frances Sophia Cornwall (born Monmouth, Q4, 1896). They had known each other and corresponded for more than 20 years, but she had been a missionary in Africa.[14] They had no children.[15]

Bibliography

Notes

  1. Father conducts Church Missionary Society Service cited in The Times, Monday, 24 February 1919; p. 6; Issue 42032; col C
  2. Web site: Alec de Candole Home.
  3. “Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991
  4. Latterly as vicar – “Who was Who” (Ibid)
  5. In which year he married Frances Cornwall, daughter of the Archdeacon of Cheltenham
  6. Liturgical Missioner appointed to Chichester cited in The Times, Friday, 26 January 1940; p. 11; Issue 48523; col D Ecclesiastical News
  7. Prebendary of Bracklesham announced The Times, Wednesday, 17 January 1945; p. 7; Issue 50043; col C Ecclesiastical News
  8. Unpublished letters of Henry de Candole held at Sussex Archaeological Society Library, Lewes, regarding the windows of Wiston church.
  9. "Mission and communication: the report of the 1963 Conference of parish and people on The mission of the people of God" Paton D.M(Ed): London, SPCK, 1963
  10. Contributions to the Liturgical Movement cited in The Times, Friday, 25 June 1971; p. 17; Issue 58208; col G
  11. Obituary cited in The Times, Thursday, 17 June 1971; pg. 17; Issue 58201; col G
  12. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=P7745 22 volumes
  13. ”Bishop Henry de Candole, his life and times” Jagger,P.J: Leighton Buzzard, Faith Press,1975
  14. "Bishop Henry de Candole: His life and times, 1895–1971" Peter J. Jagger, The Faith Press, 1755
  15. Web site: VullyDeCandole | 11111111 Rt. Rev. Henry Handley Vully de Candole.

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