Nugent Hicks

Frederick Cyril Nugent Hicks (1872–1942) was an Anglican bishop and author who served as Bishop of Gibraltar from 1927 to 1933, during which time he was appointed as Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.^[1] He was Bishop of Lincoln from 1933 to 1942.^[2]

Life[]

Memorial to Bishop Nugent Hicks, Lincoln Cathedral

Born on 28 June 1872, Hicks was educated at Wixenford,^[3] Harrow, and Balliol College, Oxford, before his ordination in 1897.^[4] From then until 1909 he was successively Lecturer, Tutor, and Dean of Keble College, Oxford. In 1909 he was appointed Principal of Bishops’ College, Cheshunt, after which he was Rector of Toddington, West Sussex, and Rural Dean of Brighton, before his elevation to the episcopate. He died on 10 February 1942.

Bishop Hicks was an active Freemason under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodge of England. He was also a member of the Holy Royal Arch, the Ancient and Accepted Rite, and the Masonic Knights Templar. He rose to the most senior clerical position in the Knights Templar, on his appointment as Great Prelate in May 1941, but died the following year.^[5]

A memorial slab to his memory was placed in the floor of Lincoln Cathedral.

Major publications[]

Consecration Prayers (1908)^[6]
The Fullness of Sacrifice (1930)^[6]

Notes[]

^ Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in The Times Saturday, 23 June 1928; p. 17; Issue 44927; col D
^ Obituary-The Rt Rev FCN Hicks, in The Times dated Thursday, 12 February 1942; p. 7; Issue 49158; col D
^ Maurice Francis Headlam, Bishop and friend: Nugent Hicks, sixty-fourth bishop of Lincoln (1945), p. 17
^ Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
^ Headlam, Maurice (1945). Bishop and Friend, the Life of Nugent Hicks, Bishop of Lincoln (First ed.). London: Macdonald & Co. pp. 86–87.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b British Library catalogue, accessed 30 September 2008

External links[]

(Frederick Cyril) Nugent Hicks (1872-1942), Lord Bishop of Gibraltar and Bishop of Lincoln at npg.org.uk (National Portrait Gallery, London)
Correspondence of Bishop Nugent Hicks (1933-1942) at lincstothepast.com

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Harold Greig	Bishop of Gibraltar 1927–1933	Succeeded by Harold Jocelyn Buxton
Preceded by William Shuckburgh Swayne	Bishop of Lincoln 1933–1942	Succeeded by Alymer Skelton

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[1] Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in The Times Saturday, 23 June 1928; p. 17; Issue 44927; col D

[2] Obituary-The Rt Rev FCN Hicks, in The Times dated Thursday, 12 February 1942; p. 7; Issue 49158; col D

[3] Maurice Francis Headlam, Bishop and friend: Nugent Hicks, sixty-fourth bishop of Lincoln (1945), p. 17

[4] Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X

[5] Headlam, Maurice (1945). Bishop and Friend, the Life of Nugent Hicks, Bishop of Lincoln (First ed.). London: Macdonald & Co. pp. 86–87.

[blc-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b British Library catalogue, accessed 30 September 2008

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Bishops of Gibraltar	George Tomlinson Walter Trower Charles Harris Charles Sandford William Collins Henry Knight John Greig Nugent Hicks Harold Buxton Cecil Horsley Frederick Craske Stanley Eley John Satterthwaite (became Bishop in Europe)
Bishops in Europe	John Satterthwaite John Hind Geoffrey Rowell Robert Innes

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Late Medieval	John Dalderby Anthony Bek Henry Burghersh Thomas Bek John Gynwell John Bokyngham Henry Beaufort Philip Repyngdon Richard Fleming William Grey William Alnwick Marmaduke Lumley John Chadworth Thomas Rotherham John Russell
Early modern	William Smyth Thomas Wolsey William Atwater John Longland Henry Holbeach John Taylor John White Thomas Watson Nicholas Bullingham Thomas Cooper William Wickham William Chaderton William Barlow Richard Neile George Montaigne John Williams Thomas Winniffe Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Robert Sanderson Benjamin Lany William Fuller Thomas Barlow Thomas Tenison James Gardiner William Wake Edmund Gibson Richard Reynolds John Thomas John Green Thomas Thurlow
Late modern	George Pretyman (later Pretyman Tomline) George Pelham John Kaye John Jackson Christopher Wordsworth Edward King Edward Hicks William Swayne Nugent Hicks Aylmer Skelton Leslie Owen Maurice Harland Kenneth Riches Simon Phipps Bob Hardy John Saxbee Christopher Lowson

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