Edward Beckles


Edward Hyndman Beckles was the Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone from 1860 until 1869.
He was born in Barbados in 1816, educated at Codrington College Barbados and ordained in 1843. After resigning his episcopal see he was Minister of Berkeley Chapel, Mayfair, Rector of Wootton, Kent and finally Vicar of St Peter, Bethnal Green. At some point he gained a Doctorate of Divinity.