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John Storrs (priest)
John Storrs (1846 - 29 February 1928) was an Anglican priest at the end of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century. Storrs was born in Nova Scotia, Canada, as the eldest son of the Rev. John Storrs of Wolfville, Nova Scotia. He was educated in England at The King's School, Rochester, matriculating in 1865 and going up to Pembroke College, Cambridge. He obtained his BA in 1869, his MA in 1873 and received a DD in 1913. Storrs was ordained deacon in 1871 and a priest in 1873. He was a curate at St Mary's Bury St Edmunds. and then at St Peter's, Eaton Square, London. From 1880 he was the vicar of St James' (now St Edmundsbury Cathedral), Bury St Edmunds and, from 1883, at St Peter's, Eaton Square before becoming the Dean of Rochester in 1913. Whilst at St Peter's he served as the rural dean from 1891 to 1902, then was the Rural Dean of Westminster from 1902 until his move to Rochester. In 1912 and 1913 he was an honorary chaplain to King George V. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Edmundsbury Cathedral
St Edmundsbury Cathedral (formally entitled the Cathedral Church of St James and St Edmund) is the cathedral for the Church of England's Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. It is the seat of the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and is in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. Originating in the 11th century, it was rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries as a parish church and became a cathedral in 1914; it has been considerably enlarged in recent decades. History A church has stood on the site of the cathedral since at least 1065, when St Denis's Church was built within the precincts of Bury St Edmunds Abbey. In the early 12th century the Abbot, Anselm, had wanted to make a pilgrimage along the Way of St James to Santiago de Compostela. He was unsuccessful and instead rebuilt St Denis's and dedicated the new church to Saint James, which served as the parish church for the north side of Bury St Edmunds. Anselm was also responsible for building the abbey gate tower, known today a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1846 Births
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Reginald Thomas Talbot
Reginald Thomas Talbot (1862 - 29 March 1935) was an Anglican priest in the first part of the 20th century. Talbot was educated at Clifton College and Exeter College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1886 and was a curate at Gateshead Parish Church and then a lecturer in church history and doctrine in the Dioceses of Durham, Ripon and Newcastle. He then held incumbencies in Sunderland and Derby. From 1906 to 1928 he was a Canon Residentiary at Bristol Cathedral and Archdeacon of Swindon. He was then Dean of Rochester''Dean Of Rochester. Archdeacon Talbot Appointed'' 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 ... Monday, Apr 16, 1928; pg. 16; Issue 44868; col C until his retirement in 1932. References 1862 births People educated at Clifton College Alumni of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernald Lane
Ernald Lane (born 3 March 1836) was an Anglican priest in the late 19th century and the early part of the 20th. He was born the son of John Newton Lane of King's Bromley, Staffordshire and educated at Balliol College, Oxford. Through his father, he was a descendant of the Lane family of Bentley, West Midlands, one of whom was Jane Lane, Lady Fisher, a heroine of the English Civil War. A fine rower who represented Oxford in the 1858 Boat Race he was ordained in 1862 and was a curate at Baldersby, Rector of Leigh, Staffordshire and then a prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral until 1888 when he became Archdeacon of Stoke. A noted scholar, he was the Dean of Rochester The Dean of Rochester is the head of the chapter of canons at Rochester Cathedral, the mother church of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester. The current dean is Philip Hesketh, who has served in that role since June 2016. List of deans ... from 1904 until 1913, where there is a memorial to him. He married in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Storrs
Christopher Evelyn Storrs (4 February 1889 - 19 February 1977) was an Anglican bishop in the mid 20th century. Storrs was born into an ecclesiastical family and educated at Malvern and Pembroke College, Cambridge before beginning his ordained ministry with a curacy at Leeds Parish Church. He was a Chaplain to the Forces from 1916 to 1919 and then of his old school until 1930. From 1930 to 1939 he was at St George's College, Perth, Western Australia, then Archdeacon of Northam. In 1946 he became Bishop of Grafton, a post he held for nine years. After this he was Warden of St John's Theological College, Morpeth, New South Wales until 1959. His final position before retirement was as Rector of Hazelbury Bryan.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 ..., 21 Augu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peace River
The Peace River (french: links=no, rivière de la Paix) is a river in Canada that originates in the Rocky Mountains of northern British Columbia and flows to the northeast through northern Alberta. The Peace River joins the Athabasca River in the Peace-Athabasca Delta to form the Slave River, a tributary of the Mackenzie River. The Finlay River, the main headwater of the Peace River, is regarded as the ultimate source of the Mackenzie River. The combined Finlay–Peace–Slave–Mackenzie river system is the 13th longest river system in the world. History The regions along the river are the traditional home of the Danezaa people, called the Beaver by the Europeans. The fur trader Peter Pond is believed to have visited the river in 1785. In 1788 Charles Boyer of the North West Company established a fur trading post at the river's junction with the Boyer River. In 1792 and 1793, the explorer Alexander Mackenzie travelled up the river to the Continental Divide. Mackenzie r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Storrs
Monica Melanie Storrs (February 12, 1888 – December 14, 1967) was a British-born Canadian pioneer and Anglican missionary. She was born at St Peter's Vicarage, Grosvenor Gardens, in the City of Westminster, London to John Storrs and Lucy Cust. Her elder brother was Ronald Storrs. Monica, at two years of age, developed a medical condition which left her unable to walk for ten years. Not physically capable of attending school during this time, her parents educated her themselves. She was later educated at Francis Holland School and St Christopher's College, Blackheath, London. After her parents died, Storrs, although educated for upper-class English life, arrived in Fort St John, British Columbia in October 1929 as the Great Depression began. She was the first missionary to teach Sunday school and take regular Christian services. The group of women, the Companions of the Peace, were funded by the Fellowship of the Maple Leaf (which still promotes links between churches in Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Storrs
Francis Edmund Storrs (1883 – 10/11 November 1918) was a British academic and intelligence agent. He was the younger brother of Arabist and colonial administrator Sir Ronald Storrs. He was educated at Radley College from 1897 to 1902, and then at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he received a BA; he won scholarships at both institutions He was a professor at Elphinstone College in Bombay in 1908, and then at Rangoon College in 1912. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1911. On 28 November 1912, he married Catherine Josephine Schiff (d. 1956 Dec. quarter, Westminster). During the First World War, he initially worked for the civil service in matters concerned with supplying Russia; he was awarded the Russian Order of St. Anne for this service. In 1916-17 he served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in Greece with the rank of Lieutenant, then in 1917 with the Secret Intelligence Service in the Aegean. At the time, large areas of Greece were effectively under Alli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign And Commonwealth Office
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, department of the Government of the United Kingdom. Equivalent to other countries' Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ministries of foreign affairs, it was created on 2 September 2020 through the merger of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID). The FCO, itself created in 1968 by the merger of the Foreign Office (FO) and the Commonwealth Office, was responsible for protecting and promoting British interests worldwide. The head of the FCDO is the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, commonly abbreviated to "Foreign Secretary". This is regarded as one of the four most prestigious positions in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, Cabinet – the Great Offices of State – alongside those of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Storrs
Sir Ronald Henry Amherst Storrs (19 November 1881 – 1 November 1955) was an official in the British Foreign and Colonial Office. He served as Oriental Secretary in Cairo, Military Governor of Jerusalem, Governor of Cyprus, and Governor of Northern Rhodesia. Biography Ronald Storrs was the eldest son of John Storrs, priest of the Church of England and later Dean of Rochester. His mother was Lucy Anna Maria Cockayne-Cust, sister of the fifth Baron Brownlow.Ritchie Ovendale, ‘Storrs, Sir Ronald Henry Amherst (1881–1955)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Storrs was educated at Charterhouse School and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he gained a first-class degree in the Classical Tripos. Foreign service Egypt Storrs entered the Finance Ministry of the Egyptian Government in 1904, five years later becoming Oriental Secretary to the British Agency, succeeding Harry Boyle in this post. In 1917 Storrs became Political Officer representing the Egyptian Expeditionar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochester Cathedral
Rochester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an English church of Norman architecture in Rochester, Kent. The church is the cathedral of the Diocese of Rochester in the Church of England and the seat (''cathedra'') of the Bishop of Rochester, the second oldest bishopric in England after that of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The edifice is a Grade I listed building (number 1086423). History Anglo-Saxon establishment The Rochester diocese was founded by Justus, one of the missionaries who accompanied Augustine of Canterbury to convert the pagan southern English to Christianity in the early 7th century. As the first Bishop of Rochester, Justus was given permission by King Æthelberht of Kent to establish a church dedicated to Andrew the Apostle (like the monastery at Rome where Augustine and Justus had set out for England) on the site of the present cathedral, which was made the seat of a bishopric. The cathedral was to be served ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
