Edward Woods (bishop)
[4] He was Chaplain, Lecturer then Vice Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge followed by wartime service at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.From there he moved to Croydon where he was successively vicar, rural dean, Archdeacon and suffragan bishop.[6] He was consecrated a bishop on 1 May 1930, by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.[7] In 1937, he became the diocesan Bishop of Lichfield:[8] he was formally translated by the confirmation of his election, after his predecessor's retirement in June but before his own enthronement on 22 September.[9] He had the distinction of being one of two survivors of a German air raid by hiding under a dining table with Ann Charteris, the future wife of Ian Fleming.
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