Ernald Lane (born 3 March 1836) was an

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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

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. Through his father, he was a descendant of the Lane family of

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, one of whom was

Jane Lane, Lady Fisher Jane Lane (c. 1626 – 9 September 1689) played a heroic role in the escape of Charles II in 1651 after the Battle of Worcester. She rode with Charles, disguised as her servant, from Staffordshire to Somerset. Origins Jane was the daughter of Tho ...

, a heroine of the

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. A fine rower who represented Oxford in the 1858 Boat Race he was ordained in 1862 and was a

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, Rector of Leigh, Staffordshire and then a

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until 1888 when he became Archdeacon of Stoke. A noted scholar, he was the

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from 1904 until 1913, where there is a memorial to him. He married in 1879 Evelyn, the daughter of J. W. Philips of Heybridge, Staffordshire. ebooksread.com

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1836 births British male rowers Oxford University Boat Club rowers Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford Archdeacons of Stoke Deans of Rochester 1913 deaths English male rowers {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub