11111111 Rt. Rev. Henry Handley Vully de Candole
Henry was born on 25 May 1895, the elder son of Henry Lawe Corry Vully de Candole and Helen Edith Thompson
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"
Henry was educated at Marlborough College and King’s College, Cambridge. In 1920 he studied for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge before returning to his old school as Assistant Chaplain.
From 1920 until 1926 he was Resident Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, followed by a curacy in Newcastle upon Tyne.
He served two years as Chaplain at Peterhouse, Cambridge.
In June 1937 in Scarborough, then 42, he married Frances Sophia Cornwall, then 40; they had no children.
Henry then served in a variety of posts within the Diocese of Chichester between 1937 and 1949. He took charge of Wiston Church, Sussex in 1939-40, while the rector was absent on Army service.
He was then appointed Vicar of Henfield from 1940-49, and was a member of the Sussex Record Society from 1941-73(?); he published a book, "A history of Henfield".
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, he died on 16 June 1971. He bequeathed his considerable diaries to the nation. They are currently held at Lambeth Palace Library, and a distillation of these has been published.
He died in Q2 1971 in Claro, West Yorks.
Henry has a Page on Wikipedia.
After his death, his "papers" went to Lambeth Palace, which has a catalogue, and has this introduction:-
Suffragan Bishop of Knaresborough
Vicar of Henfield, Sussex, 1940-49;
Prebendary of Bracklesham in Chichester Cathedral, 1945-49;
Bishop Suffragan of Knaresborough, 1949-65.
Henry was born on 25 May 1895 into a clerical family -
his father was the Ven. Henry Lawe Corry Vully de Candole,
whose two brothers,
the Rev. Armar Corry Vully de Candole (born 13 June 1869; died 1941; married 19 December 1897 in Paris to Edith Hodgson) and
the Rev. James Alexander Corry Vully de Candole (born 25 May 1871 in Kensington; died 3 May 1917 at Ipswich; married Mary Paterson (born 8 August 1876) on 8 August 1900 at Motherwell, Scotland)
were also churchmen.
Henry's grandfather was Henry Sundius Vully de Candole (born 25 June 1841 at Bierlow, Yorks; died May 1877 at Barton Regis, Glocs) and his grandmother was Emily Roe Lawe (born in India in 1843; died in London in March 1899).
Henry's only sibling was Alexander Corry de Candole, the "War Poet" (born 26 January 1897 at Cheltenham, k.i.a. Bonningues, 3 September 1918) see "A Deep Cry".
Henry was educated at Marlborough College and King’s College, Cambridge. In 1920 he studied for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge before returning to his old school as Assistant Chaplain. From 1920 until 1926 he was Resident Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, followed by a curacy in Newcastle upon Tyne. After two years as Chaplain at Peterhouse, Cambridge de Candole served in a variety of posts within the Diocese of Chichester between 1937 and 1949. 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 -49. In 1949 he was appointed Suffragan Bishop of Knaresborough where he combined pastoral duties with service to the “Parish and People” movement. A prolific author and passionate Liturgist he died on 16 June 1971. He bequeathed his considerable diaries to the nation. They are currently held at Lambeth Palace Library, and a distillation of these has been published.
Source: - Who's Who 2006 and Who Was Who 1897-2005.
"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)
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Frances Sophia Cornwall
Frances's birth was registered in Monmouth in Q4, 1896. She was the third and youngest daughter of Rev. Alan Whitmore Cornwall (1858–1932) and his wife, Alice Louisa nee Cripps (1862-1943) who were marrried in Q2 1893 in Cirencester.
From "Bishop Henry de Candole: His life and times, 1895-1971" by Peter J. Jagger, she had known her husband and corresponded for more than 20 years, but she had been "a missionary in Africa".
She was 40 at marriage, and they had no children.
