Eric Bodington

Eric James Bodington was an eminent Anglican priest and author in the early decades of the twentieth century.

Born on 17 December 1862, he was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and ordained in 1886. After a curacy at St George, Fordington he was Rector of Christ Church, Burgersdorp then Warden of St Peter’s Home, Grahamstown. Returning to England in 1894 he held incumbencies at Osmington, Potterne and Calne. He was Archdeacon of Wilts from 1912 to 1927; and of Dorset from 1927 until his death on 25 October 1929, during which latter time he was also a Canon Residentiary at Salisbury Cathedral.