Henry Sanders (1807–1888) was a
Church of England
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priest
A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in partic ...
, most notably
Archdeacon of Exeter
The Archdeacon of Exeter is a senior ecclesiastical officer of the Diocese of Exeter in the Church of England. The modern diocese is divided into four archdeaconries: the archdeacon of Exeter supervises clergy and buildings within the area of the ...
from 1875 until his death.
Sanders was born in
Exeter and educated at
Christ Church, Oxford, holding
incumbencies in
Langtree and
Otterton
Otterton is a village and civil parish in East Devon, England. The parish lies on the English Channel and is surrounded clockwise from the south by the parishes of East Budleigh, Bicton, Colaton Raleigh, Newton Poppleford and Harpford and Sidmou ...
. He was
Head Master
A head master, head instructor, bureaucrat, headmistress, head, chancellor, principal or school director (sometimes another title is used) is the staff member of a school with the greatest responsibility for the management of the school. In som ...
of
Blundell's School
Blundell's School is a co-educational day and boarding independent school in the English public school tradition, located in Tiverton, Devon. It was founded in 1604 under the will of Peter Blundell, one of the richest men in England at the t ...
from 1834; and
Rector
Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to:
Style or title
*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of
Sowton
Sowton is a village and civil parish east of Exeter in East Devon, England. It has a population of 639.
Its parish council merged with that of nearby Clyst St Mary in 1976 to form Bishop's Clyst.
St Michael's church was rebuilt in 1844–4 ...
from then until his death on 24 June 1888.
['Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' "The Standard" (London, England), Thursday, July 05, 1888; pg. Issue 19964. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900]
References
1807 births
1888 deaths
19th-century English Anglican priests
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
Archdeacons of Exeter
Heads of Blundell's School
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