The Rev. Samuel Lodge (11 February 1829 – 5 September 1897) was the author of ''

Scrivelsby Scrivelsby is a village and ecclesiastical parish in the East Lindsey district of the County of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south of Horncastle and is on the B1183 road east from the A153 road. It is administered by the civil parish ...

, the Home of the Champions'' He was a headmaster of Horncastle Grammar School, Lincolnshire, rector for 30 years of Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire, and a Canon of

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Life and works

Samuel Lodge was born at Barking, Essex, a son of the Rev. Oliver Lodge (1764–1845) (latterly

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of Elsworth, Cambridgeshire), and was educated at

Huntingdon Grammar School Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cromwell was born there ...

and Lincoln College, Oxford. Ordained in 1852, Samuel Lodge was Classical master of

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, Lincolnshire, and Headmaster of Horncastle Grammar School. He became

of Scrivelsby-cum-Dalderby, near Horncastle, in 1867 and was Rural Dean of Horncastle from 1868, in addition becoming Canon Prebendary of Stoke in

from 1879 to 1896. Lodge published his book, ''Scrivelsby, the Home of the Champions,'' in 1893. The Manor of Scrivelsby is a manor held by grand serjeanty, a form of tenure that requires the performance of a service rather than a money payment – in this case as the Queen's (or King's) Champions; members of the

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family have held this office since the fourteenth century.

Family

Lodge married Mary Brettingham (1824–1916) of

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, Norfolk in 1852. They had eleven children, including

George Edward Lodge George Edward Lodge FZS, (3 December 1860 – 5 February 1954)Savory ''op. cit.'' was a British illustrator of birds and an authority on falconry. Early life George Edward Lodge was born at Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire. His father, Samuel Lodg ...

(1860–1954), the ornithological artist. Their daughter Nora Margaret married Ernest Myers (1844–1921), the poet, Classicist & author. Samuel Lodge died at Scrivelsby on 5 September 1897 aged 68 and was buried at St Benedict's churchyard, Horncastle.Index of gravestones at St Benedict’s churchyard, Horncastle
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Notable relatives

Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, (12 June 1851 – 22 August 1940) was a British physicist and writer involved in the development of, and holder of key patents for, radio. He identified electromagnetic radiation independent of Hertz's proof and at his ...

, physicist ''(a nephew)'' * Sir Richard Lodge, historian ''(a nephew)'' * Eleanor Constance Lodge, historian ''(a niece)'' *

Carron O Lodge Carron Angus Cyril Oliver Lodge (Born 1882, in Bruges, Belgium – 24 June 1910, in London) was an English figure and landscape painter. The son of a barrister, he trained as an artist and was a Royal Academy Schools student from 27 January 1903 ...

, artist *

Francis Graham Lodge Francis Graham Lodge (1908–2002) was a self-taught English black and white artist. He was born in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, the son of artist Carron O Lodge, and was known by his second name Graham. His work was always signed F G Lodge ...

, artist

Publications

References

External links

The Elsworth & Knapwell Chronicle, Cambridgeshire
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lodge, Samuel 1829 births 1897 deaths People from Barking, London English writers Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford 19th-century English Anglican priests Heads of schools in England People from Scrivelsby