Hugh Hordern

Who was Hugh Hordern?

The Rt Rev. Hugh Maudslay Hordern was the sixth Bishop of Lewes. He was the great-grandson of the inventor Henry Maudslay and one of the founders of the Maudslay Society. He was born on 28 September 1868 and educated at Winchester and Christ Church College, Oxford. He married Edith Augusta Sandeman, daughter of John Glas Sandeman. He began his career with a Curacy at Warnham after which he was Rector of Singleton, West Sussex before World War I service as a Chaplain to the Forces. From here he was Vicar of St Nicholas, Brighton and then Archdeacon of Lewes before elevation to the Episcopate in 1929, serving eventually for seventeen years. He died in post on 25 March 1949. His grandson Peter Hordern was Member of Parliament for Horsham from 1964 to 1997.