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, Belleau and Willoughby. In 1845, he married Sarah Elizabeth Allen. They had at least seven children, including civil servants

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and Edward Giles who both served in British India. He died in Willoughby, aged 54.

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1812 births 19th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Archdeacons of Stow 1867 deaths People from Somerset {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub