Edward Noel Hodges (1849 – 18 May 1928) was an Anglican bishop."Bishop Hodges". The Times (London, England), Monday, 21 May 1928; pg. 22; Issue 44898
Edward Noel Hodges was born in 1849 in Old Dalby, Leicestershire, England, the fourth son and the sixth of nine children of Abraham Hodges (1819–1910) and Jane née Rule (1808–1902). He was educated at The Queen's College, Oxford"University Intelligence". The Times (London, England), Friday, 13 June 1873; pg. 7; Issue 27715 and ordained in 1873."Ordinations Diocese of London". The Standard (London, England), Monday, 22 December 1873; pg. 3; Issue 15413. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II He was a Tutor at the Mission College, Islington from 1873 to 1877. After this he was Principal of Noble College, Masulipatam; and after that of Trinity College, Kandy. In 1890, he became Bishop of Travancore and Cochin,"Consecration of Bishops at Lambeth". The Times (London, England), Saturday, 26 April 1890; pg. 10; Issue 32996 and was installed at the pro-cathedral in Kottayam during November that year.
Returning to England in 1904,Eyre Chatterton he was an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Durham from 1904 to 1907;Who was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 and in the Diocese of Ely from then"Ecclesiastical Intelligence". The Times (London, England), Thursday, 11 April 1907; pg. 11; Issue 38304. until 1914. He was Rector of St Cuthbert's, BedfordBedford Borough Council from 1907 to 1916; Archdeacon of Bedford from 1910 toThe Clergy List. London, Kelly’s, 1913 1914; and an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of St Albans from 1914 to his retirement in 1924.
On 30 June 1877 he married Alice Mary Gordon Shirref (1850–1939) at St. Jude's Church in South Kensington. They had two daughters: Marion Edith (b.1888) and Sybil (b.1889). Hodges died on 18 May 1928 in Bromley, Kent at the age of 79.
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