Noel Hodges

Edward Noel Hodges (1849 – 18 May 1928) was an Anglican bishop.^[1]

Edward Noel Hodges was born in 1849 in Old Dalby, Leicestershire, England, the fourth son and the sixth of nine children of Abraham Hodges (1819-1910) and Jane née Rule (1808-1902). He was educated at The Queen's College, Oxford^[2] and ordained in 1873.^[3] He was a Tutor at the Mission College, Islington from 1873 to 1877. After this he was Principal of Noble College, Masulipatam ; and after that of Trinity College, Kandy. In 1890, he became Bishop of Travancore and Cochin,^[4] and was installed at the pro-cathedral in Kottayam during November that year.^[5]

Returning to England in 1904,^[6] he was an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Durham from 1904 to 1907;^[7] and in the Diocese of Ely from then ^[8] until 1914. He was Rector of St Cuthbert's, Bedford^[9] from 1907 to 1916; Archdeacon of Bedford from 1910 to ^[10] 1914; and an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of St Albans from 1914 to his retirement in 1924.

On 30 June 1877 he married Alice Mary Gordon Shirref (1850-1939) at St. Jude's Church in South Kensington. They had two daughters: Marion Edith (b.1888) and Sybil (b.1889). Hodges died on 18 May 1928 in Bromley, Kent at the age of 79.

References

^ "Bishop Hodges". The Times (London, England), Monday, 21 May 1928; pg. 22; Issue 44898
^ "University Intelligence". The Times (London, England), Friday, 13 June 1873; pg. 7; Issue 27715
^ "Ordinations Diocese of London". The Standard (London, England), Monday, 22 December 1873; pg. 3; Issue 15413. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
^ "Consecration Of Bishops At Lambeth". The Times (London, England), Saturday, 26 April 1890; pg. 10; Issue 32996
^ "Church of South India "CSI Church"".
^ Eyre Chatterton
^ Who was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
^ "Ecclesiastical Intelligence". The Times (London, England), Thursday, 11 April 1907; pg. 11; Issue 38304.
^ Bedford Borough Council
^ The Clergy List. London, Kelly’s, 1913

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Martindale Speechly	Bishop of Travancore and Cochin 1890–1904	Succeeded by Charles Hope Gill
Preceded by Frederick Bathurst	Archdeacon of Bedford 1910–1914	Succeeded by Arthur Henry Parnell

v t e Bishops of Travancore and Cochin
John Speechly Noel Hodges Hope Gill Edward Moore Bernard Corfield Cherakarottu Korula Jacob

v t e Archdeacons of Bedford
High Medieval	Osbert Ralph Hugh Nicholas Alan Richard Geoffrey Alexander of Elstow John de Houton Amaury of Buckden John de Dyham John Crakehall Peter de Audeham John de Maidenstan Nicholas de Hegham Richard de Bradewell John Hook
Late Medieval	Roger Rothwell/Rowell Thomas Neville Edmund London John Daubeny Philip Daubeny Thomas Cumpton John Irtlingburgh Thomas Stowe William Aghton Richard Caudray William Derby Robert Thornton Thomas Salisbury John Rudying John Collinson Henry Sharp Thomas Hutton
Early modern	William Cosyn John Chambre Gilbert Bourne John Pope Michael Dunning Richard Barber William Todd John Robinson Roger Parker George Eland John Hacket Francis Wilford Theophilus Dillingham John Skelton Thomas Frank John Dudley John Taylor Charles Jenner Richard Grey Hadley Cox William Done Richard Shepherd
Late modern	Samuel Vince Henry Bonney Henry Tattam Henry Rose Frederick Bathurst Noel Hodges Arthur Parnell Gerard Lander William Robins Donald Harris Basil Guy Basil Snell John Hare Robert Brown Christopher Mayfield Michael Bourke Malcolm Lesiter Paul Hughes Dave Middlebrook

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