George Herbert Lewis (1846 - 1934)

Born 4 Jun 1846 in Sedgley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Frances Cayley (de Wend) Lewis — married 25 Jan 1879 in Marylebone, London, England

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Died 7 Nov 1934 at age 88 in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

George Herbert Lewis was baptised at Sedgley, Staffordshire on 25 August 1846, with his birth date given as 4 June 1846.^[1] His birth was registered in the Dudley district of Staffordshire in the third quarter of 1846.^[2]

1851 census: Sedgley, Staffordshire, age 4, born Sedgley.^[3]

1861 census: Sedgley, Staffordshire, age 14, born Sedgley.^[4]

In 1866 he entered St John's College, Cambridge.^[5]

He was ordained deacon at York in 1871 and priest the following year. He held the following church positions^[5]:

• 1871-4: curate of St Michael and All Angels, Neepsend, Yorkshire
• 1874-9: vicar of Thurgoland, Yorkshire
• 1879-80: chaplain, Poona, India
• 1880-3: chaplain, Nimach, Bombay, India
• 1883-4: chaplain, Quetta, India
• 1884-6: chaplain, Bombay, India
• 1886-7: chaplain, Colaba, India
• 1887-8: curate, Croxall, Derbyshire
• 1888-9: curate, Huntspill, Somerset
• 1889-91: chaplain, St Paul's, Poona, India
• 1891-3: chaplain, Deesa with Mt. Abu, India
• 1893 and 1895-8: chaplain, Ghopuri, India
• 1893-4: chaplain, Bombay, India
• 1894-5: chaplain, Aden
• 1898-9: chaplain, Ahmednagar, India

He was licensed as a priest in the diocese of Bath and Wells from 1899 to 1921.^[5]

His marriage to Frances Cayley de Wend was registered in the Marylebone district of London in the first quarter of 1879.^[6]

His death age 88 was registered in the Axbridge district of Somerset in the fourth quarter of 1934.^[7] He died at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset on 7 November 1934.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NBN3-1FJ
2. ↑ England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26R7-CN2
3. ↑ 1851 census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGGX-M2F
4. ↑ 1861 census, FindMyPast
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} J A Venn. Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954, Ancestry.co.uk
6. ↑ England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DRM-NP6
7. ↑ England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007, FindMyPast

• Census of England 1851, 1861
• Cambridge Alumni

Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 11, 1866. S. of the Rev. William (1820), V. of Sedgley, Staffs. [and Jane Matilda]. B. there June 4, 1846. Bapt. Aug. 26, 1846. Matric. Michs. 1866; B.A. 1871. Ord. deacon (York) 1871; priest, 1872; C. of St Michael and All Angels, Neepsend, Yorks., 1871-4. V. of Thurgoland, 1874-9. Chaplain (Eccles. Est.) at Poona, 1879-80; at Nimach, Bombay, 1880-3; at Quetta, 1883-4; at Bombay, 1884-6; at Colaba, 1886-7. C. of Croxall, Derbs., 1887-8. C. of Huntspill, Somerset, 1888-9. Chaplain at St Paul's, Poona, 1889-91; at Deesa with Mt. Abu, 1891-3; at Ghopuri, 1893 and 1895-8; at Bombay, 1893-4; at Aden, 1894-5; at Ahmednagar, 1898-9. Lic. pr., dio. Bath and Wells, 1899-1921. Of Allandale, Burnham, Somerset, where he died Nov. 7, 1934. Brother of Samuel G. (1869), William A. H. (1860) and John E. (1863). (Crockford; The Times, Nov. 10, 1934.)