George Rodney Eden

George Rodney Eden (9 September 1853 – 7 January 1940) was a former Bishop of Dover [The Times, Saturday, Aug 23, 1890; pg. 6; Issue 33098; col D "New Bishop of Dover" ] and Wakefield [The Times, Friday, Nov 05, 1897; pg. 12; Issue 35353; col C "Ecclesiastical Intelligence Enthronement of the Bishop of Wakefield"] . Educated at Reading School and Pembroke College, Cambridge he began his ecclesiastical career as Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham. After an incumbency at Bishop Auckland [In latter years he was also Rural Dean- ”Who was Who 1897-1990” London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X] he began what his Times obituary described as

”nearly forty years of quiet but efficient service to the episcopate” [The Times, Monday, Jan 08, 1940; pg. 9; Issue 48507; col D "Obituary The Rt Rev GH Eden"] .

His daughter Dorothy, herself mentioned in Despatches during the Great War [His Times Obituary (Ibid)] , married a clergyman, Clement Mallory Ricketts who was Bishop of Grantham from 1945 until 1955.

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