The Rt Rev Edward Barry Henderson DSC (22 March 1910 [1] – 12 June 1986) [2] was Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1960 to 1975.
The son of Edward Henderson, former Dean of Salisbury, Henderson was born in Derby [3] and educated at Radley and Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1931, MA 1942). [4] He trained for ordination at Cuddesdon College and was ordained deacon in 1934 and priest in 1935. [5]
After a curacy in Pimlico at St Gabriel's, Warwick Square (1934-35) and Curate-in-charge at All Saints, Grosvenor Road (1936-39) [6] he was Rector of Holy Trinity, Ayr from 1939 until 1947 (a period which encompassed wartime service in the RNVR). He was awarded the DSC in 1944. [7] He was then Vicar of St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge from 1947 [8] until his elevation to the suffragan bishopric of Tewkesbury in 1955, [9] translation to Bath See following in 1960. He was consecrated a bishop on 11 June 1955, by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral. [10] After 15 years at Bath, he resigned to begin retirement in Somerset. [11]