Edward Were

Who was Edward Were?

Edward Ash Were was an Anglican Suffragan Bishop in the latter part of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th. He was educated at Rugby School and New College, Oxford. After graduation he was an Assistant Master at Winchester College for ten years before becoming Vicar of North Bradley in Wiltshire. After a spell as Chaplain to the Bishop of Southwell he was the long serving Bishop of Derby. In 1909 in a sideways move he was translated to the Diocese of Lichfield to be their Suffragan. His son, who perished in the First World War, was also a distinguished clergyman.