Charles Aylen
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Charles Arthur William Aylen (1882 – 15 August 1972) was an Anglican bishop. Obituary: C.A.W. Aylen The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 16 August 1972; pg. 12; Issue 58554
Education
Aylen was born in Wick, Scotland.{{Cite web
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| date = 1901
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}} He was educated at Bradfield College and Keble College, Oxford.Aylen, Charles Arthur William’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920 – 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U151898, accessed 26 May 2012]
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Career
He was ordained in 1906 and his first post was a curacy in Henley on Thames.Crockford's Clerical Directory London, OUP, 1948
He was vicar of Shiplake from 1913 to 1925. During World War I he was a Royal Navy chaplain.{{cite book|author=H.M. Stationery Office|title=Navy List January 1919 - Volume 1: (Corrected to 18th December 1918)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Xa-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA448|year=2012|publisher=Andrews UK Limited|isbn=978-1-78150-853-4|page=451}} He became a temporary chaplain in July 1916, and served on HMS St. Vincent. He was recognised as an officer of exceptional ability,a 'very fine example of all that a Chaplain should or could be'TNA ADM6/444/628
In 1926 he went to Empangeni in the Diocese of Zululand as a missionary priest. He was the bishop of Zululand from 1930 to 1935. While he was bishop of Zululand he married Elizabeth Hills.{{Cite web
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| work = Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette
| date = 16 November 1932
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}} He was translated to the Diocese of St Helena and was bishop there from 1935 to 1939.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dioceseofsthelena.com/page11.html# |title=Diocesan web site |access-date=26 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214125435/http://www.dioceseofsthelena.com/page11.html# |archive-date=14 February 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
He was vicar of Aston Tirrold from 1939 to 1945 and Flore from 1945 to 1958 and rural dean of Weedon from 1947 to 1951. He was also a non-residentiary Canon of Peterborough (1946–1961) and an Assistant Bishop of Peterborough (1950–1963).
Family
He married Elisabeth Margaret Anna Hills in 1932 and they had two sons and one daughter.
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Category:People educated at Bradfield College
Category:Alumni of Keble College, Oxford
Category:Anglican bishops of Zululand
Category:Anglican bishops of St Helena
Category:20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops
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