Charles Ernest Escreet (20 February 1852 - 3 March 1919) was an

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: the

Archdeacon of Lewisham The Archdeacons in the Anglican Diocese of Southwark, Diocese of Southwark are senior clergy in the Church of England in South London and Surrey. They currently include: the archdeacons of Southwark, of Reigate (formerly of Kingston-on-Thames) and ...

from 1906 to 1919.

Life

Escreet was educated at

Tonbridge School (God Giveth the Increase) , established = , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent day and boarding , religion = , president = , head_label ...

and

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. He was

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in 1875 and began his career with

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at Barham and

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. He was

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of St Andrew's,

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from 1882 to 1892;

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from 1892 to 1909. Whilst he was there he helped create the

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, an important centre for maternity care and midwifery training, in Wood Street. It opened in May 1905 due to his efforts in assisting Alice Gregory, Leila Parnell and Maud Cashmere.June Hannam, ‘Gregory, Alice Sophia (1867–1946)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200
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of the Church of the Ascension,

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from 1909 to 1917. In 1913 he co-officiated at the funeral of

Emily Davison Emily Wilding Davison (11 October 1872 – 8 June 1913) was an English suffragette who fought for Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, votes for women in Britain in the early twentieth century. A member of the Women's Social and Polit ...

, the

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who had died under the king's horse at the Epsom Derby. His co-officiants were

Claude Hinscliff Reverend Claude Hinscliff (1875–1964) was a British suffragist. Education and early career Hinscliff studied for his licentiate in theology at Durham University. He matriculated in 1893 and was awarded a scholarship after performing well in t ...

, founder of the

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, and Charles Baumgarten, vicar of St. George's, Bloomsbury, where the service was held.

References

1852 births People educated at Tonbridge School Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford Archdeacons of Lewisham 1919 deaths {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub