Edward Henderson

Who was Edward Henderson?

Edward Lowry Henderson was a priest in the Church of England in the first half of the 20th century.

Born in 1873 and educated at Radley and Oriel College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1899. His first post was as a Curate of St Anne's Limehouse, after which he was Rector of Lowestoft and then a Residentiary Canon at Gloucester Cathedral. In 1919 he was appointed Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh. In 1925 he became Dean of St Albans and a decade later of Salisbury. He retired in 1943, becoming Dean Emeritus and died on 26 September 1947. His son Edward was Bishop of Bath and Wells.