Henry Griffith (priest)
Henry Wager Griffith | |
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| Born | 23 July 1850 |
| Died | 3 May 1932 (aged 81) |
| Alma mater | The Queen's College, Oxford |
| Ordained | 1877 |
The Ven Henry Wager Griffith, (23 July 1850 – 3 May 1932)[1] was Archdeacon of Lahore from 1900[2] to 1905.[3]
He was educated at The Queen's College, Oxford, and ordained in 1877. He held Curacies in Ramsgate, and Kennington. In 1881 he went to India as a Chaplain, serving at Umballa, Delhi, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Murree and Amritsar before[4] his years as Archdeacon.[5] On his return from Lahore he was appointed Vicar[6] of All Saints,[7] Thorp Arch, West Yorkshire.[8]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Deaths. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, May 04, 1932; pg. 1; Issue 46124
- ^ Army List
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p593: London, Horace Cox, 1908
- ^ National Archives
- ^ ‘GRIFFITH, Ven. Henry Wager’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 12 April 2014
- ^ Ecclesiastical Intelligence. The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 20, 1905; pg. 12; Issue 37764
- ^ London Gazette
- ^ Geograph