Cox Edghill

Rev. John Cox Edghill DD^[1] (known as Cox;^[2] 1835^[3] - 1917^[4]) was a British Anglican priest, senior chaplain at Aldershot from 1861, then followed chaplain to the forces at Chatham, Halifax (Nova Scotia), again at Aldershot, Gibraltar, and, finally, at Portsmouth (1881-5), and then Chaplain-General to Her Majesty's Forces (1885–1901).^[5][6] Following his retirement, he undertook the position of Prebendary of Wells, which he held until his death.^[2]

As a noted Tractarian and Anglo-Catholic, he was the first choice to replace Hibbert Binney as the bishop of Nova Scotia by the Synod of the diocese, at Halifax, June 6, 1887. He declined his election in a letter to the Synod.^[5][7]

He had a daughter, Ella Mary Edghill, with Mary Nesfield^[8] (d. 24 September 1922, Weston-super-Mare).^[9]

The Museum of Army Chaplaincy holds further information on the life on Edghill.

Bibliography

• The work of the Church in the army (1890)

Further reading

• Henry Robert Addison, Charles Henry Oakes, William John Lawson, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1849). "Edghill, Rev. John Cox; M.A., D.D.". Who's Who. p. 574. http://books.google.com/books?lr=&ei=P7xMSLvqDYP6sQOz7OXnDQ&id=vzsJAAAAIAAJ&dq=John+Cox+Edghill&q=Edghill&pgis=1#search. 
• Charles H. Dant (1902). "John Cox Edghill". Distinguished Churchmen. 

References

1. ^ "The Peace Meeting In Paris.". London: The Times. Saturday, Feb 28, 1885; Issue 31382. p. 6; col C.  "Lambeth Degrees - The Archbishop of Canterbury has conferred on the Rev. John Cox Edghill, Theological Associate of King's College, London, Chaplain-General of Her Majesty's Forces, the degree of Doctor of Divinity."
2. ^ ^{a b} "The Rev. J. Cox Edghill. D.D. (transcript)". London: The Times. Wednesday, Nov 28, 1917; Issue 41647. p. 9; col E. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Times/1917/Obituary/John_Cox_Edghill. Retrieved 2008-10-18. 
3. ^ Charles H. Dant. Distinguished Churchmen. p. p. 329. 
4. ^ FreeBMD Deaths Dec 1917 Edghill John C 82 Axbridge 5c 544
5. ^ ^{a b} Letter from Rev. J.C. Edghill, D.D., Chaplain-general, to the Synod of Nova. 1887. ISBN 0665068816. http://books.google.com/books?id=NhF3AAAACAAJ. 
6. ^ "The London Gazette, Friday, November 22. Admiralty, Nov. 18., Royal Marine L.I.". London: The Times. Saturday, Nov 23, 1901; Issue 36620. p. 13; col C. 
7. ^ George W. Brown, David M. Hayne, Francess G. Halpenny (1966). "Hibbert Binney". Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume XI. [[University of Toronto Press]]. pp. 76. ISBN 0802033679. 
8. ^ Newnham College Register, 1871-1950. 1964. p. 180. 
9. ^ "Deaths". London: The Times. Thursday, Sep 28, 1922; Issue 43148. p. 1; col A. 

Persondata
Name	Edghill, Cox
Alternative names	Edghill, John Cox
Short description	Chaplain-General to the Forces
Date of birth	1835
Place of birth
Date of death	1917
Place of death