Walter Matthew
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Walter Edmund Matthew (26 February 1848 – 19 February 1889) was an Anglican archdeacon in India in the second half of the 19th century.[1]
Matthew was born in Cambridge and educated at Merchant Taylor's[2] and St John's College, Oxford where he matriculated in 1866,[3] graduating BA in 1870 and MA in 1873.[4] He was ordained deacon in 1871, and priest in 1872.[5] After a curacy at Christ Church, Camden[6] he was Archdeacon of Colombo and the incumbent at St Paul, Kandy[7] from 1875. He died, in post, at Talawakelle.
Two of his sons[8] also became clergymen: Herbert Edmund Matthew,[9] who died at Keswick in 1944;[10] and Leonard Arthur Matthew,[11] who died at Sydney in 1964.[12]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries", The Morning Post, London, Saturday, 23 February 1889; pg. [1]; Issue 36408
- ^ MERCHANT TAYLORS' SCHOOL The Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, 20 December 1865; pg. 5; Issue 28712. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800–1900
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- ^ University Intelligence The Times (London, England), Friday, 16 May 1873; pg. 12; Issue 27691
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1885 p804: London, Horace Cox, 1885
- ^ Victorian Web
- ^ Gravestone Photos
- ^ Selwyn Family
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929–30 p866 London: OUP, 1929
- ^ Deaths. The Times (London, England), Monday, 27 June 1949; pg. 1; Issue 51418
- ^ 1929 Crockford's (ibid)
- ^ The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, NSW) Thursday, 18 June 1964, p 22
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