Simon Cyril Edgar Stuart[1] (27 November 1892 – 23 August 1982) was Bishop of Uganda[2] from 1932[3] to 1952[4] before returning to England to be Assistant Bishop of Worcester.[5]

Early life

Born on 27 November 1892,[6] Stuart was educated at Repton School, then an all-boys private school in Repton, Derbyshire. He went on to study at St John's College, Cambridge.

Career

Military service

Stuart served in the British Army during World War I. On 9 May 1915, he was commissioned into the North Staffordshire Regiment as a second lieutenant (on probation).[7] While serving with the Suffolk Regiment, he was promoted to lieutenant on 27 March 1916.[8] He was officer commanding of a company in the Hampshire Regiment with the acting rank of captain from 20 February 1918 to 9 May 1918.[9] He resigned his commission on 11 February 1920.[10]

Religious career

He was ordained in 1920 and began his career with a curacy at St Mary's, Hornsey Rise.[11] Following this, he was chaplain and lecturer at Ridley Hall, Cambridge before a long period of service in Africa. From 1925, he was chaplain and librarian of Achimota College and then a Church Mission Society missionary[12] in Uganda. He was consecrated a bishop by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace Chapel in 1932.[13] After two years as an assistant bishop[14] he was elevated to the full Episcopate[15] in 1934.

In 1952, he returned to England as an Assistant Bishop of Worcester and Rector of St Andrew's, Worcester.[16] Four years later, on 19 October 1956, he was appointed a residentiary canon of Worcester Cathedral;[17] he retired in April 1966.[18]

He died on 23 August 1982. His memoirs are stored within the National Archives[19] Bishop Stuart University is named after him.

References

  1. ↑ "NPG details". Npg.org.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Assists at the coronation of Ugandan King". Janus.lib.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Ugandan memorial". Eamemorials.co.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Memoirs within National Archive". Nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  5. ↑ Kidderminster Shuttle
  6. ↑ Who was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  7. ↑ "No. 29157". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 May 1915. pp. 4514–4515.
  8. ↑ "No. 29633". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 June 1916. p. 6198.
  9. ↑ "No. 30795". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 July 1918. p. 8283.
  10. ↑ "No. 31774". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 February 1920. p. 1777.
  11. ↑ A Church Near You. "Church details". Achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  12. ↑ CMS unofficial papers
  13. ↑ "Death of Bishop C. E. Stuart". Church Times. No. 6237. 27 August 1982. p. 16. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  14. ↑ Ecclesiastical News Assistant Bishop in Uganda Consecrated The Times Friday, 29 July 1932; pg. 15; Issue 46198; col G
  15. ↑ Sarah Wickham. "National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives". Archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  16. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  17. ↑ "No. 40908". The London Gazette. 23 October 1956. p. 5986.
  18. ↑ "No. 43960". The London Gazette. 22 April 1966. p. 4949.
  19. ↑ "National Archives". Retrieved 12 January 2012 – via National Archives.
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