3-082-391 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Marriage of the Bishop of Coventry and Miss Ethel Newton, 1895. 'The wedding of a bishop is not so ordinary an occasion that it can pass without notice. Most members of the Episcopal Bench marry long before they reach such high dignity...The Bishop of Coventry, the Right Rev. Edmund Arbuthnott Knox, was married on Feb. 21 to Miss Ethel Newton, daughter of the Rev. Canon Newton, Vicar of Redditch. The ceremony was held in the parish church of Redditch, and was performed by the Bishop of Worcester, assisted by the Venerable Archdeacon Walters. Needless to say, there was a most cordial welcome for the bride and bridegroom, whose portraits we give herewith. The bride has been a diligent worker in the important parish over which her popular father presides, and seems in every way fitted for the responsible position of a bishop's wife. The bridegroom was not long ago called to succeed Dr. Bowlby, who died last year, as Bishop of Coventry. He was formerly Vicar of Aston, where he accomplished much excellent work, and showed his high qualifications for the post of Bishop Suffragan in the see of Worcester, which he now occupies. Dr. Knox has been recently preferred to the rectory of St. Philip's, Birmingham'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.