St Aidan's College, Birkenhead
St Aidan’s College[1] was formally inaugurated as a theological college in 1856[2] to train Anglican clergy to serve in the Church of England.[3] The college had existed prior to 1856 as a private institution under the auspices of Dr Joseph Baylee. New buildings designed by Henry Cole (architect) were inaugurated in November 1856.[4] A new chapel opened in 1882. The college was located in Shrewsbury Road, Birkenhead and (following a previous closure in 1868 and rescue in 1869 after the departure of Dr Baylee)[5] finally closed in 1970. The name has been continued at St Mellitus North West;[6] and its archives are located at the University of Liverpool.[7]
St Aidan's College, Birkenhead, 1850 wood engraving
Notable staff
- Ronald Williams, tutor: later Principal of St John's College, Durham and Bishop of Leicester
Principals
- 1856–1868 Joseph Baylee[8]
- 1869–1890 William Saumarez Smith[9]
- 1890- Rev J T Kingsmill BD[10]
- 1890–1901 Edwin Elmer Harding[11]
- 1907–1916 Arthur Tait[12]
- 1907–1916 Guy Warman[12]
- 1922 Rev R. T. Howard[13]
- 1959–1963 Michael Murray Hennell[14]
- 1964- Canon Arthur G Widess[15]
Alumni
Notable alumni include:
- John Foster, Dean of St John's Cathedral, Hong Kong
- Raphael Morgan, Eastern Orthodox Priest-Apostolic to America
- Stephen Moulsdale, first principal of St Chad's College, Durham
- Ishaq Musaad, Bishop of Egypt
- Herbert Parry, Archdeacon of Lindsey
- Snow Pendleton, priest in Uruguay and Italy
- Fred Pickering, Archdeacon of Hampstead
- Francis Pocock, the founder of Monkton Combe School
- Arthur Herbert Procter, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Leonard Sharland, missionary to the Dinka people
- Percy Stevens, missionary and Bishop of Kwangsi-Hunan
Notes
- National Archives
- The Times (London, England), Friday, Nov 07, 1856; pg. 10; Issue 22519
- Genuki Archived 2013-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Cheshire Observer 08 November 1856 page 4
- Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser 17 December 1868, p. 6
- Organisation web-site
- Liverpool University Archive
- Curthoys, M. C. "Baylee, Joseph". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1747. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Matthew, H. C. G. "Smith, William Saumarez". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36168. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Liverpool Mercury 19 August 1890, p.5
- "Harding, Edwin Elmer (HRDN878EE)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Wellings, Martin. "Warman, (Frederic Sumpter)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/101339. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- The Yearbook Of The Universities Of The Empire 1922
- Who was Who. St. Martin's Press. 1996. p. 262. ISBN 9780312293666.
- Liverpool Echo 05 August 1963, p. 2
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