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Alfred Rose
Bishop of Dover
DioceseDiocese of Canterbury
In office1935–1956
PredecessorJohn Macmillan
SuccessorLewis Meredith
Other post(s)Vicar of Brighton (1928–1935)
Assistant Bishop of Canterbury (1956–1971)
Orders
Ordination1909
Consecration1935
by Cosmo Gordon Lang
Personal details
Born
Alfred Carey Wollaston Rose

1884 (1884)
Died(1971-04-09)9 April 1971 (aged 86)
Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsA. Rose (a vicar)
SpouseLois née Garton
Childrenfour sons, inc. Clive
Alma materWorcester College, Oxford

Alfred Carey Wollaston Rose (1884 – 9 April 1971)[1][2] was the sixth Bishop of Dover in the modern era,[3][2] from 1935[4] to 1956.[5]

The son of A. Rose, Vicar of Wilstead, Bedfordshire,[2] he was educated at Marlborough, and Worcester College, Oxford. Rose began his ministry with a curacy at St Mary, Somers Town, London (1909–1914); after which he served as a temporary RN Chaplain during World War I (1914–1919).[2] He had been appointed on the day War was declared. He had various experiences, on HMS LONDON, a support ship for the Gallipoli campaign, on the troopship HMS TYNE and finally on the Iron Duke-class battleship HMS MARLBOROUGH which had been repaired after being hit by a torpedo at the Battle of Jutland. Just before his demobilisation in February, 1919, Rose was recognised as ‘Excellent type of chaplain. Cheery with great influence’. [6]

When peace returned, he became Sub-Warden of the Bishop's Hostel, Lincoln (1919–1920) and then Warden (1921–1927), during which time he also served as Vicar of Haigh, Lancashire (1920–1921) and a prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral (1927–1928). He then became Vicar of St Peter's Church, Brighton and Rural Dean of the city, and examining chaplain to Winfrid Burrows and George Bell, Bishops of Chichester (1928–1935) and an Honorary Chaplain to the King (George VI; 1933–1935) before his ordination to the episcopate.[7]

His appointment to become Bishop of Dover, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Canterbury, was announced on 16 November 1934[8] and he was consecrated a bishop by Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Canterbury Cathedral on the Feast of the Circumcision (1 January) 1935.[9] After serving in that role for 21 years — working with four archbishops (Lang, Temple, Fisher, and Ramsey) and twice acting up as diocesan bishop[10] — , he retired at the end of 1956,[11] going first to briefly serve as chaplain (vicar) of Palermo, Sicily.[12] Throughout his retirement, he continued to serve the Church as an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Canterbury and as a Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. He died, aged 86, in Canterbury on Good Friday, 9 April 1971.[10]

Geoffrey Fisher, former Archbishop of Canterbury, paid tribute to him as a man who won the trust of people ‘...wherever he went by his personal graces, his intense interest in them and all that concerned them, his ready humour and engaging laughter, his well stocked mind, his unfailing spirit of personal integrity, of pastoral devotion and faith.’ [13]

Rose married Lois née Garton in 1920 and they had four sons,[2] one of whom, Clive Rose, was a diplomat who served as Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council.

References

  1. ^ Deaths The Times Monday, 12 April 1971; p. 12; Issue 58144; col A.
  2. ^ a b c d e Rose. "Rose, Alfred Carey Wollaston". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ New Bishop of Dover — Vicar of Brighton Appointed The Times Monday, 12 November 1934; p. 14; Issue 46909; col F.
  5. ^ Bishop of Dover to Resign The Times Monday, 22 October 1956; p. 8; Issue 53668; col F.
  6. ^ TNA ADM6/444/416 has information re RN service
  7. ^ Documents held by The National Archives
  8. ^ "Canterbury diocese. New Bishop of Dover". Church Times. No. 3747. 16 November 1934. p. 538. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 7 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  9. ^ "Canterbury cathedral. Consecration of the Bishop of Dover". Church Times. No. 3754. 4 January 1935. p. 10. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 7 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  10. ^ a b "In memoriam: Bishop Alfred Rose and Clerical obituary". Church Times. No. 5644. 16 April 1971. p. 15. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 7 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  11. ^ "Bishop of Dover's retirement". Church Times. No. 4889. 26 October 1956. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 7 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  12. ^ "Bishop for Sicily". Church Times. No. 4901. 18 January 1957. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 7 January 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  13. ^ The Times obituary, 20.4.1971. Letter from Lord Fisher of Lambeth.
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