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Churton (surname) (1837–1897), English clergyman
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Churton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Edward Churton (1800–1874), English clergyman and scholar * Edward Churton (bishop) (1841–1912), bishop of Nassau *Henry Churton (1843–1904), bishop of Nassau *Maud Churton Braby, born Maud Churton (1876–1932), English author born in China *Ralph Churton (1764–1831), English clergyman, academic and biographer *Theodore Churton (1853–1915), English clergyman *Tobias Churton, British scholar *William Churton (died 1767), American surveyor *William Ralph Churton Rev. William Ralph Churton, D.D. (1837–1897) was an Anglican churchman and author. Life William Ralph Churton was the son of Edward Churton and should be distinguished from his uncle Rev. William Ralph Churton (8 Sep 1802 d. 29 Aug 1828) son of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Churton
Edward Churton (26 January 1800 – July 1874) was an English churchman and Spanish scholar. Life He was born on 26 January 1800 at Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, the second son of Ralph Churton, archdeacon of St David's. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he proceeded B.A. 1821, and M.A. 1824. After taking his degree he returned to his old school, and was for a few years an assistant-master under Dr. Russell. In 1830 Churton left Charterhouse to become curate to the rector of Hackney, London, John James Watson, afterwards his father-in-law; and for a short period he was headmaster of the church of England school at Hackney. In 1834 Archbishop William Howley gave him the living of Monks-eleigh in Suffolk, and eighteen months later Bishop William Van Mildert bestowed on him the rectory of Crayke. Churton left Oxford before the tractarian movement arose, but was largely in sympathy with it; he was one of the 543 members of Convocation w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Churton (bishop)
Edward Townson Churton (1841–1 May 1912) was an Anglican colonial bishop in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born into an ecclesiastical family in 1841 and educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford he was ordained in 1866. He held incumbencies at St Nicholas, Ganton and St Bartholomew, Charlton next Dover before being ordained to the episcopate as Bishop of Nassau. Upon his resignation, he was succeeded by his younger brother Henry. He died on 1 May 1912.''Obituary Bishop E. T. Churton'' The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ... Friday, May 24, 1912; pg. 59; Issue 39907; col C Notes 1841 births People educated at Eton College Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford 19th-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean 20th-century Anglican bishop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Churton
Henry Norris Churton (15 January 1843 – 20 January 1904) was an Anglican colonial bishop in the 20th century. Churton was born in 1843 into an ecclesiastical family, the son of Edward Churton, Archdeacon of Cleveland. He was educated at Eton and University College, Oxford; and ordained in 1868. His first posts were curacies at Stoke-on-Trent and East Retford. From 1872 to 1879 he was Vicar of St John Evangelist, West Bromwich then Perpetual Curate of St James’ Chapel, Avonwick. Later he was Archdeacon of the Bahamas before being ordained to the episcopate in 1902, succeeding his elder brother (Edward) as Bishop of Nassau. He was consecrated bishop by the Archbishop of Canterbury at St Paul's Cathedral on 13 July 1902. He had previously received the honorary degree Doctor of Divinity (DD) from the University of Oxford in May 1902. He died in a yachting accident on 20 January 1904.'' Mentioned in the obituary of his elder brother Bishop Edward Churton The Times ''The Tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maud Churton Braby
Julia Maud Churton Braby (1875 – 31 December 1932) was an English journalist and author born in China, notable for her best-sellers on love and marriage, especially ''Modern Marriage and How to Bear It'' (1908). All of her work was published, unusually for the period, as “Maud Churton Braby” with her maiden name added before her married name. Early life Maud Churton’s parents, Charles Stanley Churton, an apothecary, and Emilie Hart, spinster, were married at the British Consulate in Shanghai, Empire of China, on 18 December 1869. Their daughters Constance, Lucy Madeline, and Julia Maud, and their son Stanley Douglas, were born in China, but by 1881 the family had returned to England and settled at Paignton, Devon. Julia Maud was educated at a Church of England convent school, then later at a finishing school in Germany. Her parents were by then living in London, but her mother died in January 1899 at Lewisham. In February 1901, her father married secondly, at Ladbroke Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Churton
Ralph Churton (1754 – 1831) was an English churchman and academic, archdeacon of St David's and a biographer. Life He was born on an estate called the Snabb, in the township of Bickley and parish of Malpas, Cheshire, on 8 December 1754, being the younger of two sons of Thomas Churton and Sarah Clemson. He was educated in the grammar school of Malpas, and after the loss of both parents, who died while he was very young, he found a friend and benefactor in Dr. Thomas Townson, rector of Malpas, who recommended that he should be entered at Brasenose College, Oxford (1772), and who paid half of his expenses at the university. He graduated B.A. in 1775 and M.A. in 1778 and was elected a fellow of his college in that year. He was chosen Bampton lecturer in 1785 and appointed Whitehall preacher by Bishop Beilby Porteus in 1788. He was presented to the college rectory of Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, in 1792; and collated to the archdeaconry of St David's, by Bishop Burgess, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Churton
Theodore Townson Churton was an Anglican priest in the early 20th century. He was born into an ecclesiastical family on 24 April 1853 and educated at New College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1883 and was Curate of Holy Trinity, Hastings until his appointment to his father's old parish at Icklesham in 1891. He was Archdeacon of Lewes from 1908 to 1912 and then of Hastings until his death on 1 June 1915.The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ..., Friday, Jun 04, 1915; pg. 12; Issue 40872; col G '' News in Brief'' Notes 1853 births Alumni of New College, Oxford Archdeacons of Lewes Archdeacons of Hastings 1915 deaths People from Icklesham {{Christianity-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobias Churton
Tobias Churton (born 1960) is a British scholar of Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, and other esoteric movements. He has a Master's degree in Theology from Brasenose College, Oxford. He is a lecturer at Exeter University, and the author of ''Gnostic Philosophy, The Magus of Freemasonry, and Freemasonry'' and other works on esotericism. Churton has made several television programmes, including '' Gnostics'', a four-part drama-documentary series made for Channel 4 (UK) by Border TV (together with an accompanying book) which was broadcast in 1987 and repeated in 1990. Churton's studies include critique of heresiologists' perceptions on the role of women in these "unorthodox" Christian movements. He has also written about John T. Desaguliers, and Rosicrucianism.Robert A. Gilbert (ed), Seeking the Light: Freemasonry and Initiatic Traditions S Chaitow - Journal for Research into Freemasonry and …, 2009 "... Tobias Churton's concise overview of the major figures and event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Churton
William Churton (died December 1767) was an early North Carolina surveyor. Biography He moved to Great Britain's North American colonies in about 1749 as a surveyor and cartographer for the Granville District which included all of North Carolina north of the 35 degree, 34 minute parallel, a strip wide. This line had only been surveyed as far west as the Haw River at that time. The northern boundary, the Virginia line, had been run as far west as the Blue Ridge in present-day Stokes County by 1729. At that date, the entire area was still a part of Bertie County and extended west to the Pacific Ocean, the claims of the Spanish and French notwithstanding. In 1749, William Churton, and Crown lawyer Daniel Weldon, representing the interests of Lord Granville, along with Peter Jefferson and Joshua Fry, representing the interests of the Colony of Virginia, surveyed an additional westward of the Blue Ridge to Steep Rock Creek. Daniel Weldon’s seat was near the present town of We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
