Ernest Henry Cornwall Lewis-Crosby (ca 1864 – 1961) was a

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(

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) priest and author. He was educated at

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. His first post was as a

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at Christ Church, Leeson Park,

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. Crockford's Clerical Directory1947–48 Oxford, OUP,1947 After this he was head of the Church of Ireland Mission to the Jews then

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of, successively, Drumcondra and

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parish (1904–14),

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(1914–1924) and

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(1924-38). In 1938 he became Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, a post he held until his death on 18 May 1961. He had three sons and two daughters: Robert Cornwall Lewis-Crosby, Edith Patricia Charity Lewis-Crosby, John Ernest Cornwall Lewis-Crosby (who became Secretary of the National Trust of Northern Ireland), Francis Gabriel Cornwall (who changed his surname upon inheriting his uncle's homestead), and Hilda Florence Harriet Lewis-Crosby. He helped establish the Church of Ireland Divinity Hostel in 1913, by allowing his property on Mountjoy Square to be used by the Hostel rent free for a number of years.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis-Crosby, Ernest Henry Cornwall Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Academics of the University of Oxford Deans of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 1961 deaths Year of birth uncertain Place of birth missing 20th-century Irish Anglican priests 19th-century Irish Anglican priests 1860s births