Thomas Stevens

Who was Thomas Stevens?

Thomas Stevens, DD, FSA was an Anglican bishop, the first Bishop of Barking.

Thomas Stevens was the son of Thomas Ogden Stevens of Salisbury. He was educated at Shrewsbury, Sherborne and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Magdalene College, Cambridge in May 1901.

His first post was as an Assistant Master at Charterhouse. He then held incumbencies at St Luke, Victoria Docks, Saffron Walden and finally Vicar of St John’s, Stratford. He was appointed Suffragan Bishop of Barking in February 1901. Retiring in 1919, he died in 1920.