The Henson Journals

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Friday, June 19th, 1914.

Bishop Tucker was buried today. The service in the Cathedral & in the Cathedral burial ground was most impressive in the bright sunshine. Watkins read the lesson: I read the prayers: the Bishop took the graveside service & gave a final benediction. So we laid to rest a good simple man, who had a vision of duty, & pursued it right loyally unto the end. Then I attended a meeting of the Sherburn Trustees: & afterwards brought Pemberton in to tea, & had some talk with him. Then my wife & I motored through Brancepeth, where we looked at the fine parish church, & walked round the castle. Cosin seems to have had a genuine passion for wood carving. His tenure of the Rectory of Brancepeth is indicated by the wealth of excellent woodwork, which adorns the church. I did venture to speak to the Bishop about Gow, urging him particularly to appoint him to the vacancy created by Tucker's death. But 'tis a sneaky saint, & will probably find some available relative or wife's relative to bestow on us! I wrote to the "Times" on the Ulster question a letter headed 'Novissima Hora'.

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