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Henry de Candole

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Henry Handley Vully de Candole (1895–1971) was Bishop of Knaresborough from 1949 to 1965.

Background

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De Candole was born on 25 May 1895 into a clerical family[1] – his father was the Ven. Henry Lawe Corry Vully de Candole, who had two brothers:-

  • The Rev. Armar Corry Vully de Candole (13 June 1869 – Q4, 1941), who was married on 19 December 1897 in Paris to Edith Hodgson.
  • The Rev. James Alexander Corry Vully de Candole (25 May 1871 in Kensington – 3 May 1917 at Ipswich) who was married on 8 August 1900 at Motherwell, Scotland to Mary Paterson (born 8 August 1876).

De Candole's mother was Helen (Edith) Thompson (1860–1930), the daughter of Sir Henry Thompson, 1st Baronet and Lady Kate Thompson, née Loder

H. H. V. de Candole was a grandson of Henry Sundius Vully de Candole (25 June 1841 at Bierlow, Yorks – May 1877 at Barton Regis, Glocs) and his wife Emily Roe Lawe (born in India in 1843; died in London in March 1899).

His only sibling was Alexander Corry de Candole,[2] the "War Poet" (born 26 January 1897 at Cheltenham, k.i.a. Bonningues, 3 September 1918) see "A Deep Cry"

Education

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De Candole was educated at Marlborough College and King's College, Cambridge.[3] In 1920 he studied for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge before returning to his old school as Assistant Chaplain.

Career

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From 1920 until 1926 he was Resident Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, followed by a curacy in Newcastle upon Tyne.[4]

After two years as Chaplain at Peterhouse, Cambridge de Candole served in a variety of posts within the Diocese of Chichester between 1937[5] and 1949.[6][7] He took charge of Wiston Church, Sussex in 1939–40, while the rector was absent on Army service and was Vicar of Henfield from 1940 to 1949.[8] In 1949 he was appointed Suffragan Bishop of Knaresborough where he combined pastoral duties with service to the “Parish and People” movement.[9]

A prolific author (see Bibliography below) and a passionate Liturgist[10] he died on 16 June 1971.[11] He bequeathed his considerable diaries[12] to the nation. They are currently held at Lambeth Palace Library, and a distillation of these has been published.[13]

Family

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In Q2, 1937 in Scarborough, he married Frances Sophia Cornwall (born Monmouth, Q4, 1896). They had known each other and corresponded for more than 20 years, but she had been a missionary in Africa.[14] They had no children.[15]

Bibliography

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  • "The Church's Offering: A Brief Study of Eucharistic Worship", 1935
  • "The Sacraments and the Church: A study in the corporate nature of Christianity", 1935
  • "The Church's Prayers", 1939
  • "The Story of Henfield", 1947
  • "Prayers of The World-Wide Church", 1947
  • "Lent with the Church", 1952
  • "The Christian Use of the Psalms", 1955
  • "Headings for the Lessons: For Sundays and Principal Holy Days in The Table of Lessons", 1959
  • "Helps to preaching at the Parish Communion", 1961
  • "Re-Shaping the Liturgy" with Arthur Couratin 1964
  • "Headings for the Lessons" with David John Cooke, 1966
  • "Being the Church Today: A Collection of Sermons and Addresses", 1974 (posthumously)

Notes

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  1. ^ Father conducts Church Missionary Society Service cited in The Times, Monday, 24 February 1919; p. 6; Issue 42032; col C
  2. ^ "Alec de Candole | Home".
  3. ^ “Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. ^ Latterly as vicar – “Who was Who” (Ibid)
  5. ^ In which year he married Frances Cornwall, daughter of the Archdeacon of Cheltenham
  6. ^ Liturgical Missioner appointed to Chichester cited in The Times, Friday, 26 January 1940; p. 11; Issue 48523; col D Ecclesiastical News
  7. ^ Prebendary of Bracklesham announced The Times, Wednesday, 17 January 1945; p. 7; Issue 50043; col C Ecclesiastical News
  8. ^ Unpublished letters of Henry de Candole held at Sussex Archaeological Society Library, Lewes, regarding the windows of Wiston church.
  9. ^ "Mission and communication: the report of the 1963 Conference of parish and people on The mission of the people of God" Paton D.M(Ed): London, SPCK, 1963
  10. ^ Contributions to the Liturgical Movement cited in The Times, Friday, 25 June 1971; p. 17; Issue 58208; col G
  11. ^ Obituary cited in The Times, Thursday, 17 June 1971; pg. 17; Issue 58201; col G
  12. ^ 22 volumes
  13. ^ ”Bishop Henry de Candole, his life and times” Jagger,P.J: Leighton Buzzard, Faith Press,1975 ISBN 0-7164-0395-1
  14. ^ "Bishop Henry de Candole: His life and times, 1895–1971" Peter J. Jagger, The Faith Press, 1755
  15. ^ "VullyDeCandole | 11111111 Rt. Rev. Henry Handley Vully de Candole".
Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Knaresborough
1949–1965
Succeeded by