Thomas Cook (bishop)

{{Short description|Anglican Bishop of Lewes (1866–1928)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader | name = Thomas Cook | title = Bishop of Lewes | image = P1300132TWC.JPG | image_size = | alt = | caption = Memorial within Chichester Cathedral | diocese = Diocese of Chichester | elected = | term = 1926–1928 (d.) | enthroned = | quashed = | term_end = | predecessor = Henry Southwell | opposed = | successor = William Streatfeild | other_post = Archdeacon of Hastings {{nowrap|(1922–1928)}}  | ordination = 1890 (deacon); 1891 (priest) | ordained_by = J. C. Ryle (Liverpool) | consecration = 1926 | consecrated_by = Randall Davidson (Canterbury)  | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1866|12|2|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1928|10|29|1866|12|2|df=y}} | death_place = | buried = | nationality = British | religion = Anglican | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | education = | alma_mater = Hertford College, Oxford }} '''Thomas William Cook''' (2 December 1866<ref>Who was Who1897-2007: London, A & C Black, 2008 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}}</ref>{{snd}}29 October 1928) was the Anglican Bishop of Lewes<ref>''Ecclesiastical News. New Bishop Of Lewes. (Official Appointments and Notices)''The Times The Times, Wednesday, Aug 11, 1926; pg. 15; Issue 44347; col C</ref> for a brief period in the second quarter of the 20th century.

==Biography== Born at Wellingborough and educated at Lancing College and Hertford College, Oxford, Cook was made deacon on Trinity Sunday (1 June) 1890<ref>{{Church Times | title = The Trinity Ordinations | archive = 1890_06_06_570 | issue = 1428 | date = 6 June 1890 | page = 570 | accessed = 6 March 2021 }}</ref><ref>''Ordinations. Liverpool. (Official Appointments and Notices)'' The Times Tuesday, Jun 03, 1890; pg. 12; Issue 33028; col B</ref> and ordained priest the next Trinity (24 May 1891) — both times by J. C. Ryle, Bishop of Liverpool, at St Peter's Pro-Cathedral.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Ordinations on Sunday last | archive = 1891_05_29_536 | issue = 1479 | date = 29 May 1891 | page = 536 | accessed = 6 March 2021 }}</ref> His ministry began with a curacy at Warrington after which he was appointed Assistant Principal of the Chester Diocesan Training College.<ref>''The Bishop Of Lewes. (Obituaries)'' The Times Wednesday, Oct 17, 1928; pg. 9; Issue 45026; col B</ref> He then began a long period within the Diocese of Chichester. From 1895 until 1911, he was Second Master and Chaplain at his old school and then successively Vicar, Rural Dean and Archdeacon of Hastings before being appointed to the episcopate. He was consecrated a bishop on Michaelmas (29 September) 1926, by Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Consecration of three bishops | archive = 1926_10_01_363 | issue = 3323 | date = 1 October 1926 | page = 363 | accessed = 6 March 2021 }}</ref> A small brass memorial to him lies in the north aisle of Chichester Cathedral.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41668 British History On-line]</ref>

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