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]
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.
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]
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.[ citation needed]
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.
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]
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.
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]
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.[ citation needed]
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.