Background
He was born on 25 May 1895 into a clerical family - his father was the Venerable (of an Archdeacon)
He was born on 25 May 1895 into a clerical family - his father was the Venerable (of an Archdeacon)
Henry Lawe Corry Vully de Candole, whose two brothers, Armar Corry Vully de Candole (born 13 June 1869. Died 1941; married 19 December 1897 in Paris to Edith Hodgson) and the Review James Alexander Corry Vully de Candole (born 25 May 1871 in Kensington.
Died 3 May 1917 at Ipswich.
Married Mary Paterson (born 8 August 1876) on 8 August 1900 at Motherwell, Scotland) were also churchmen. HHVdeC was educated at Marlborough College and King’s College, Cambridge.
In 1920 he studied for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge before returning to his old school as Assistant Chaplain. From 1920 until 1926 he was Resident Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, followed by a curacy in Newcastle upon Tyne.
After two years as Chaplain at Peterhouse, Cambridge de Candole served in a variety of posts within the Diocese of Chichester between 1937 and 1949.
He took charge of Wiston Church, Sussex in 1939-1940, while the rector was absent on Army service and was Vicar of Henfield from 1940 -49. In 1949 he was appointed Suffragan Bishop of Knaresborough where he combined pastoral duties with service to the “Parish and People” movement. A prolific author and passionate Liturgist he died on 16 June 1971.
He bequeathed his considerable diaries to the nation.
They are currently held at Lambeth Palace Library, and a distillation of these has been published.