Henry James Matthew (15 January 1837 – 2 December 1898) was an eminent

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in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Born in

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, Matthew was educated at St Paul's School and

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. A Chaplain at

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in 1877, he was appointed Archdeacon of

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in 1877. In 1888 he became Bishop of Lahore. An acclaimed preacher, he died in post, in

, in 1898.

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, Wednesday, Mar 01, 1899; pg. 11; Issue 35765; col D ''Ecclesiastical Intelligence.'' He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).

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