Reginald Foskett

Reginald Foskett was the fourth Anglican Bishop of Penrith in the modern era.^[1]

Born in 1909^[2] he was educated at Derby School and Keble College, Oxford and ordained priest in 1933. After Curacies at Gedling and Mansfield he was Rector at Ordsall^[3] followed by service as Rural Dean of Ilkeston. From 1957 he was Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh ^[4] before elevation to the Episcopate a decade later: a post he was to hold for only three years, retiring prematurely due to ill-health.^[5] A dedicated historian of the church and of African history.,^[6] he died on 13 November 1973.

Notes

1. New Bishop Of Penrith The Times Wednesday, 31 May 1967; pg. 12; Issue 56955; col E
2. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
3. Details of incumbency
4. "The Pictorial History of St. Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh" Poskett,R: London, Pitkin,1967
5. Church News Bishop Of Penrith To Resign The Times Monday, 27 Jul 1970; pg. 8; Issue 57928; col F
6. He edited the journals of his wife’s grandfather, the Scottish explorer John Kirk: "The Zambesi Journal of Dr John Kirk"(Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1962); "Zambesi Doctors-correspondence of Dr David Livingstone and Dr John Kirk"(Edinburgh, University Press, 1964)- British Library catalogue accessed Monday 11 August 2008 21:30