Charles Aylen

Charles Arthur William Aylen (1882 – 15 August 1972) was an Anglican bishop.[1]

The Right Reverend

Charles A. W. Aylen
Bishop of St Helena
Bishop in robes
C.A.W. Aylen, 1930
ChurchAnglican
ProvinceSouthern Africa
DioceseSt Helena and Zululand
Personal details
Born1882
Died15 August 1972(1972-08-15) (aged 89–90)

Education

Aylen was born in Wick, Scotland.[2] He was educated at Bradfield College and Keble College, Oxford.[3][4]

Career

He was ordained in 1906 and his first post was a curacy in Henley on Thames.[5]

He was vicar of Shiplake from 1913 to 1925. During World War I he was a Royal Navy chaplain.[6] He became a temporary chaplain in July 1916, and served on HMS St. Vincent. He was recognised as an officer of exceptional ability,a 'very fine example of all that a Chaplain should or could be'[7]

In 1926 he went to Empangeni in the Diocese of Zululand as a missionary priest. He was the bishop of Zululand from 1930 to 1935. While he was bishop of Zululand he married Elizabeth Hills.[8] He was translated to the Diocese of St Helena and was bishop there from 1935 to 1939.[9]

He was vicar of Aston Tirrold from 1939 to 1945 and Flore from 1945 to 1958 and rural dean of Weedon from 1947 to 1951. He was also a non-residentiary Canon of Peterborough (1946–1961) and an Assistant Bishop of Peterborough (1950–1963).[3]

Family

He married Elisabeth Margaret Anna Hills in 1932 and they had two sons and one daughter.

Notes
  1. Obituary: C.A.W. Aylen The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 16 August 1972; pg. 12; Issue 58554
  2. "Census Transcription". England, Wales & Scotland Census. 1901. Retrieved 21 June 2015 – via Findmypast.
  3. Aylen, Charles Arthur William’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920 – 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 26 May 2012
  4. "School & university registers". Retrieved 21 June 2015 – via Findmypast.
  5. Crockford's Clerical Directory London, OUP, 1948
  6. H.M. Stationery Office (2012). Navy List January 1919 - Volume 1: (Corrected to 18th December 1918). Andrews UK Limited. p. 451. ISBN 978-1-78150-853-4.
  7. TNA ADM6/444/628
  8. "Bishop To Marry". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 16 November 1932. p. 5 col A. Retrieved 30 September 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Diocesan web site". Archived from the original on 14 February 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2012.

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