Edward Hicks (bishop)


Edward Lee Hicks was an eminent Anglican priest and author who served as Bishop of Lincoln 1910–1919.

Life and works

Born in Oxford in 1843, Hicks was educated at Magdalen College School and Brasenose College, Oxford and ordained in 1886. After a spell as Fellow and Tutor at Corpus Christi College, Oxford he was Rector of Fenny Compton before becoming the first Principal of Hulme Hall. After this he was a Canon Residentiary of Manchester Cathedral, then Rural Dean of Salford until his elevation to the Episcopate. He was enthroned at Lincoln Cathedral on 30 June 1910 and died in post in 1919. Novelist and biographer Penelope Fitzgerald was his granddaughter.