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Henry Wakefield (bishop of Birmingham)

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England goes into battle with clean hands and noble motives'. One of Wakefield's own sons was in the Royal Navy, in command of HMS LYSANDER in 1914, and both his other sons served in the military including Gilbert who was wounded on the Western Front and later became a playwright. Russell Wakefield was active in recruitment to the forces, notable at a large Town Hall gathering in 1914, and in 1918 was still pressing clergy to volunteer as chaplains. 'I am, frankly, not over-pleased if I find a parish still thoroughly well-staffed with youngish men. I dislike intensely exercising episcopal pressure in these matters; the persuasion of a tender conscience and of a true patriotism should be more than enough.'
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Bishop of Chichester. The King, Edward VII, asked Campbell-Bannerman to reconsider the appointment and consult the Archbishop of Canterbury who described Wakefield as 'not a very refined or scholarly or cultured man'. Eventually the Dean of Carlisle was appointed to Chichester and in 1911, Wakefield was offered and accepted what was seen as the more suitable post of Bishop of Birmingham.
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Wakefield was a strong supporter of British participation in the Great War. He wrote 'I am quite certain that Germany regards England as her greatest competitor, and if she is at war with her she will wish to inflict upon her the severest defeat possible .... but I feel honestly that on this occasion
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Wakefield was politically active and a close associate of both Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H H Asquith, Liberal Prime Ministers. At that time, since bishoprics were Crown appointments, the Prime Minister was the key figure in the process and, in 1907, Campbell-Bannerman nominated Wakefield for
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Lambeth Palace Library, Davidson X. Coincidentally, the Bishop of Wakefield had been offered translation to Chichester but had turned it down. Had he accepted, the Archbishop would have recommended Russell Wakefield for the see of Wakefield, which would have led to a linguistic
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During the First World War, Wakefield once controversially referred to British Roman Catholics as "guests of the nation". This earned him a rebuke from the
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In October 1918, Wakefield went to Canada, travelling some 18,000 miles explaining the moral issues behind the War. For this, he was awarded the CBE.
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Between 1908–14, he was the sole Church of England representative on the Executive Committee of the
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and author in the first quarter of the 20th century. Born on 1 December 1854 he was educated at
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The process is explained in 'High and Mitred', by Bernard Palmer, SPCK, 1992
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The Bishop Of Birmingham. Consecration At Southwark Cathedral. (News)
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