Edward Wynn

[3] Ordained a priest on Trinity Sunday 1912 (2 June), by Frederic Chase, Bishop of Ely, at Ely Cathedral,[4][5] his first post was as Chaplain of Jesus College, Cambridge, a period interrupted by World War I service as a Chaplain to the British Armed Forces.

He was very young at 25 when he was interviewed for a commission as a chaplain in October 1914,[6] but served successfully in France, Italy and finally, the Army of the Rhine.

[8] The choice for Ely in 1941 rested between George Chase, a future Bishop of Ripon and Edward Wynn.

Wynn's outgoing personality had led to perceived drawbacks in his candidature for the post e.g. "... he had never quite grown up and had remained something of a Peter Pan".

[9][10] He died suddenly on 12 August 1956, having proved very popular and acquiring a reputation as "... one of the gentlest and most compassionate of men ... Everybody who knew him well will know how consistently benevolent he always was".