Letters of Herbert Hensley Henson by Henson, Herbert Hensley - 1950

London: SPCK, 1951. 1st (2nd printing). hardback. Very good, 1st edition (2nd impression), ex-library book (Latimer Trust), missing d/j, black boards, gilt spine titling, text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked; library residue ffep; original donor's inscription on front pastedown.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Herbert Hensley Henson (8 November 1863 Ð 27 September 1947) was an Anglican priest, bishop, scholar and controversialist. He was Bishop of Hereford from 1918 to 1920 and Bishop of Durham from 1920 to 1939. The son of a zealous member of the Plymouth Brethren, Henson was not allowed to go to school until he was fourteen, and was largely self-educated. He was admitted to the University of Oxford, and gained a first-class degree in 1884. In the same year he was elected as a Fellow of All Souls, where he began to make a reputation as a speaker. He was ordained priest in 1888.