Marsham Argles (1814–1892) was the
Dean of Peterborough
The Dean of Peterborough is the head of the chapter at Peterborough Cathedral. On the Dissolution of Peterborough Abbey in 1539 and the abbey-church's refoundation as a cathedral for the new bishop and diocese of Peterborough, care for the abbey ...
in the
Church of England
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from 1891 until his death a year later.
Born in
County Limerick in
Ireland
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in 1814, he was educated at
Merton College, Oxford
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, and
ordained
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into the
priesthood in 1838. His first posts were
curacies
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at
St Peter's Church, Bolton,
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, and
Cranford, Northamptonshire
Cranford is a civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. The two settlements in the parish are:
* Cranford St Andrew
* Cranford St John
At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 census, the parish population was 414 people, increasing ...
after which he was appointed
Vicar
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of
Gretton. He then began a long association with
Peterborough Cathedral, firstly as a
Canon, then
Chancellor
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, and finally
Dean.
He died in
Southsea, near
Portsmouth
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Portsmouth is the most dens ...
on 19 November 1892. His son was later a priest.
Details of son
References
1814 births
Clergy from County Limerick
Alumni of Merton College, Oxford
Deans of Peterborough
1892 deaths
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