Rev. Canon
Henry
Scadding
D.D.
Born about in Dunkeswell, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Son of John Scadding
and Melicent (Triggs) Scadding
Brother of
John Scadding Jr. and Charles Scadding
Husband of
Harriet Eugenia (Baldwin) Scadding
— married
14 Aug 1841 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Descendants 
Father of
Henrietta Millicent (Scadding) Sullivan
Died
at about age 87
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Feb 2017
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Biography
Henry Scadding D.D. is/was a significant Ontarian .
Henry was the head boy at Upper Canada College in its first year (1830), and in 1833 won the King's Scholarship, allowing him to attend St. John's College Cambridge. In 1838 he became a curate at St. James Cathedral, Toronto, the first rector of Holy Trinity Church in 1847, and Canon of the St. James Cathedral in 1867.
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| Interior of Holy Trinity, 1850 |
Scadding and his wife had one daughter, Henrietta Scadding, who married Robert Sullivan (1837-1870).
His life-long love of history led him to join the York Pioneer and Historical Society in 1869 and to serve as its president from 1880 to 1898.
Sources
- Scadding, Henry, by Edith G. Firth and Curtis Fahey, Dictionary of Canadian Biography
- Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of York, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1907
- Wikipedia:Henry_Scadding
- Wikidata: Item Q5728052, en:Wikipedia
- York Pioneer Index: Report for the Year 1921, Past Presidents, p. 10
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 February 2018), memorial page for Henry Scadding (29 Jul 1813–6 May 1901), Find A Grave: Memorial #84070641, citing Saint James Cemetery, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Anne Philbrick (contributor 47168361) .
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