Aylmer Skelton

Henry Aylmer Skelton (1884 – 30 August 1959) was a bishop in the mid part of the twentieth century.

He was born in 1884 and educated at Felsted, Keble College, Oxford and Bishops' College, Cheshunt.^[1] After a curacy at Chertsey he moved to be Vicar of Epsom. After a spell in the Antipodes he became Rector of Toddington then Sub Dean of St Albans Cathedral. In 1936 he was appointed Archdeacon of St Albans^[2] then three years later Bishop of Bedford.^[3] In 1942 he was translated to be the Bishop of Lincoln^[4] where he stayed for eleven years.

References

↑ Who was Who 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
↑ "Ecclesiastical News: New Archdeacon Of St. Albans" The Times Friday, 7 February 1936; p. 17; Issue 47292; col D
↑ History of post Archived 16 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ The Times, Friday, 7 August 1942; p. 7; Issue 49308; col C "Ecclesiastical News: New Bishop Of Lincoln"

Church of England titles
Preceded by Lumsden Barkway	Bishop of Bedford 1939 – 1942	Succeeded by interregnum
Preceded by Nugent Hicks	Bishop of Lincoln 1942 – 1946	Succeeded by Leslie Owen

Archdeacons of St Albans

Medieval	John Blebury John Hatfield William Alnwick/Alnewyke John Peyton John Hatfield Stephen London William Albon William of Wallingford Nicholas Boston John Rothebury John Thornton Thomas Newland/Newlonde Richard Runham John Stonewell/Stonywell John Killingworth John Albon John Mainard/Maynard Richard Runham Thomas Marshall Thomas Kingsbury/Kyngesbury Egidius Ferrers Thomas Kingsbury/Kyngesbury William East/Este

Early modern	William East/Este James Dugdale David Kempe Giles Lawrence William Hutchinson Thomas Raymond Thomas Westfield Mark Frank Christopher Shute William Bell Edward Carter John Cole Lionel Gatford Philip Stubbs Fifield Allen John Cole James Ibbetson Samuel Horsley Joseph Pott Robert Hodgson John Watson William Hale Charles Burney Anthony Grant

Late modern	Walter Lawrance Kenneth Gibbs Arthur Parnell Aylmer Skelton Thomas Wood Charles Cockbill Basil Snell Peter Mumford David Farmbrough Edward Norfolk Philip Davies Richard Cheetham Helen Cunliffe Jonathan Smith

Bishops of Bedford

John Hodgkins Walsham How Robert Billing Lumsden Barkway Aylmer Skelton Thomas Wood Campbell MacInnes Basil Guy John Trillo John Hare Alec Graham David Farmbrough John Richardson Richard Inwood Richard Atkinson

Bishops of Lincoln

Leicester	Cuthwine Wilfrid Headda Aldwine Torhthelm Eadbeorht Unwona Wernbeorht Hræthhun Ealdred Ceobred see removed to Dorchester

Dorchester	Harlardus Wigmund Coenwulf Wynsige Æthelwold Oscytel united see: Leofwine Alnothus Æscwig Ælfhelm Eadnoth (I) Æthelric Eadnoth (II) Ulfus Normanus Wulfwig Remigius de Fécamp

High Medieval	Remigius de Fécamp Robert Bloet Alexander Robert de Chesney Geoffrey Plantagenet Walter de Coutances Hugh of Avalon William de Blois Hugh of Wells Robert Grosseteste Henry of Lexington Richard of Gravesend Oliver Sutton

Late Medieval	John Dalderby Anthony Bek Henry Burghersh Thomas Bek John Gynwell John Bokyngham Henry Beaufort Philip Repyngdon Richard Fleming William Grey William Alnwick Marmaduke Lumley John Chadworth Thomas Rotherham John Russell

Early modern	William Smyth Thomas Wolsey William Atwater John Longland Henry Holbeach John Taylor John White Thomas Watson Nicholas Bullingham Thomas Cooper William Wickham William Chaderton William Barlow Richard Neile George Montaigne John Williams Thomas Winniffe Robert Sanderson Benjamin Lany William Fuller Thomas Barlow Thomas Tenison James Gardiner William Wake Edmund Gibson Richard Reynolds John Thomas John Green Thomas Thurlow

Late modern	George Pretyman (later Pretyman Tomline) George Pelham John Kaye John Jackson Christopher Wordsworth Edward King Edward Hicks William Swayne Nugent Hicks Aylmer Skelton Leslie Owen Maurice Harland Kenneth Riches Simon Phipps Bob Hardy John Saxbee Christopher Lowson

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