Henry Griffith (priest)
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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]
Biography
[edit]Born 23 July 1850, 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] He died on 3 May 1932, aged 81.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Deaths. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, May 04, 1932; pg. 1; Issue 46124
- ^ Harts Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List, 1907, Page 867 | Document Viewer. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p593: London, Horace Cox, 1908
- ^ Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ ‘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
- ^ "Page 12833 | Issue 30417, 7 December 1917 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ "Geograph:: All Saints' Church, Thorp Arch © JThomas". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2025.