Francis Edward Carter (9 September 1851 – 22 August 1935) was an

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priest who served in Cornwall, Kent, East Anglia and South Africa. He died aged 83, at 13 Park Terrace, Cambridge.

Early life

Francis Edward Carter was born in Pewsey, Wilts. on 9 September 1851; he was the son of Charles Henry Carter and went to school at

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, Surrey, where he matriculated in 1871.

University education and teaching career

Francis Edward Carter was admitted (as a sizar) to

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on 22 April 1871, and graduated as follows; B.A. 1875; M.A. 1878. He worked as an assistant master at The King's School, Canterbury, 1875–78.

Ordained ministry

Carter was ordained a deacon in 1878 and a priest in Truro in 1879; he was

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of St Paul's Truro (1878–80). He served as prebendary of the Collegiate Church of Endellion (1880-4), canon missioner of

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(1884–95), Select Preacher at Cambridge (1888), Six Preacher and Tait Missioner at

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(1895–1900), and was an honorary canon of Canterbury Cathedral (1896–1900). In early 1900 he was offered the position of dean and rector of

Grahamstown Makhanda, also known as Grahamstown, is a town of about 140,000 people in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated about northeast of Port Elizabeth and southwest of East London, Eastern Cape, East London. Makhanda is the lar ...

, South Africa, and accepted the office, travelling to the country in August that year. He stayed in South Africa until 1911, when he returned to become Rector of

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(1911–27) and dean of Bocking (1911–27), also serving as

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(1912–24), Proctor in Convocation (1922-9) and honorary canon of St Edmondsbury and Ipswich (1922–35).

Marital Status

In 1899, he married Sibella Fanny née Sayer: they had one son and one daughter.

Published works

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Notes and references

1851 births 1935 deaths Anglican archdeacons in Africa 20th-century South African Anglican priests Deans of Grahamstown Deans of Bocking People from Pewsey 19th-century English Anglican priests {{SouthAfrica-reli-bio-stub