Henry John Wale (1827 – 14 March 1892 in London) was an

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author, soldier and church minister. He came from

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near

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and was the son of General Sir

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. He served in the

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He was the tenth and youngest son of Major General Sir

and his third wife Henrietta Brunt. He went to school in Bury St Edmunds, and was admitted to

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, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, on 9 December 1857, where he gained a B.A. in 1861 and an M.A. in 1864. He was a Lieutenant in the 15th Hussars 1845-51; Scots Grays, 1854-7; served in the Crimea. Ord. deacon (Salisbury) 1861; priest, 1862; C. of Holy Trinity, Weymouth, 1861-3. C. of Ringwood, Hants., 1863-5. R. of Folksworth, Hunts., 1865-78. Organising Secretary, S.P.G., dio. of Rochester, 1881-92. Married Caroline, dau. of Edward Prest, of York, and had issue.

Publications

* *''Sword and Surplice; or, Thirty Years' Reminiscences of the Army and the Church. An Autobiography'' Published by David Bogue, London 1880

References

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