Background
WAKEFIELD, George Rodney Eden was born on September 9, 1853 in Sunderland. 3rd son of late Canon Eden, Rector of Sedgefield.
WAKEFIELD, George Rodney Eden was born on September 9, 1853 in Sunderland. 3rd son of late Canon Eden, Rector of Sedgefield.
Studied at Richmond School, Yorkshire. Reading School; Pembroke College, Cambridge (Honourable. Doctor of Divinity.
Fellow). Assistant-Master Aysgarth School, Yorkshire, 1878. Domestic Chaplain to Bishop Lightfoot of Durham, 1879-1883. Vicar of Bishop Auckland, 1883-1890.
Rural Dean; Archdeacon and Canon of Canterbury, 97. Bishop of Dover, 1890-1897. Chaplain of the Cinque Ports, 1892-1897.
Club: Athenaeum.