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

Family

Woods was the son of the Rev. Frank Woods and a grandson of the civil engineer Edward Woods. His mother, Alice Fry, was a granddaughter of the prison reformer Elizabeth Fry. His brother, Theodore Woods, became Bishop of Winchester.

He married Clemence Barclay, a great great-granddaughter of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, and their children included the photographer Janet Stone, Samuel Woods, an archdeacon in New Zealand, Frank Woods, Archbishop of Melbourne, and Robin Woods, Bishop of Worcester.

Education

Woods was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[2]

Church career

He was ordained priest at Michaelmas 1902 (21 September), by Alwyne Compton, Bishop of Ely, at Ely Cathedral;^[3] and married Clemence Barclay the following year.^[4] He was Chaplain, Lecturer then Vice Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge followed by wartime service at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.^[5] 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.^[6] He was consecrated a bishop on 1 May 1930, by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.^[7] In 1937, he became the diocesan Bishop of Lichfield:^[8] he was formally translated by the confirmation of his election, after his predecessor's retirement in June but before his own enthronement on 22 September.^[9] 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.

Private life

Woods was an active Freemason under the United Grand Lodge of England. He was initiated on 26 April 1928 in Waddon Lodge No 4162, and whilst Bishop of Croydon he also joined Croydon Chantry Lodge No 5063.^[10]^[11]

Death and memorials

Woods died in office on 11 January 1953,^[12] his wife having died a year earlier;^[1] he had recently returned from visiting the Far East (his son, Robin, was then Archdeacon of Singapore.)^[13] He was commemorated posthumously in a collection of appreciations.^[14]

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

Works

He was a prolific author, his published works including:

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

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^ ^a ^b 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 September ordinations". Church Times. No. 2070. 26 September 1902. p. 331. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 9 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ The Times, Saturday, 1 August 1903; p. 1; Issue 37148; col A Woods; Barclay
^ The Times, Monday, 17 June 1918; p. 11; Issue 41818; col B Royal Pavilion, Aldershot camp
^ The Times, Friday, 2 May 1930; p. 19; Issue 45502; col D Bishop of Croydon Consecrated Service in the Abbey
^ "Church News. Personal". Church Times. No. 3509. 25 April 1930. p. 514. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 9 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ The See of Lichfield. Translation of the Bishop of Croydon (Official Appointments and Notices), The Times Thursday, 4 March 1937; p. 14; Issue 47624; col C
^ "Enthronement of the Bishop of Lichfield". Church Times. No. 3896. 24 September 1937. p. 315. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 9 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ "10,000 Famous Freemasons By William R. Denslow". Phoenix Masonry (this online version). Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^ Denslow, William (1957). 10,000 Famous Freemasons (First ed.). Entered under L for "Lichfield, Bishop of": Macoy Publishing.
^ The Times, 12 January 1953, p1, "Death of Bishop of Lichfield"
^ "Joyful prelate. Memoir of Edward Woods". Church Times. No. 4693. 16 January 1953. p. 38. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 9 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ Edward Sydney Woods: 94th Bishop of Lichfield, London, Gollanz, 1954

v t e 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 Rosemarie Mallett

v t e 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 Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) 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

v t e 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 Rosemarie Mallett Greg Prior

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