Background
Edwyn Hoskyns was fourth son of Canon Sir John Leigh Hoskyns, 9th Baronet and Emma daughter of Sir John Peyton Knight Commander of Hanover
Edwyn Hoskyns was fourth son of Canon Sir John Leigh Hoskyns, 9th Baronet and Emma daughter of Sir John Peyton Knight Commander of Hanover
He was educated at Lancing College, Haileybury and Imperial Service College, and then Jesus College, Cambridge.
He was Vicar of Street Clement, Notting Hill from 1880 to 1886, Rector of Street Dunstan"s, Stepney from 1886 to 1895, Vicar of Bolton Parish Church from 1895 to 1901, and an Honorary Canon of Manchester. In September 1901 he was appointed Suffragan Bishop of Burnley, and he was consecrated as Bishop in York Minister on 18 October 1901. He was appointed Bishop of Southwell in 1904, was offered but turned down the position of Archbishop of Cape Town in 1908, and remained bishop of Southwell until his death in 1925.
He received the degree Doctor of Divinity (Doctor of Divinity) from Jesus College, Cambridge, in December 1901.
Hoskyns was an Acting Chaplain to the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment until he resigned as such in May 1902.