William Clavell Ingram was an Anglican priest and the
Dean of Peterborough
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in the
Church of England
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from 1893 until his death in 1901.
Born on 11 August 1834 at
Chedburgh, Suffolk, the son of Rev. George Ingram and Jane Kaines Clavell, he was educated at
Jesus College, Cambridge
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,. He was a
master at
Lancing College then a chaplain to
HM Forces
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before being appointed
vicar
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of
Kirk Michael
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, Isle of Man. From 1874, he was
vicar
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of
St Matthew's, Leicester
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. In 1900–1901, he wrote and published a biography of his friend, the
Rev. Canon Henry Twells.
He died on 26 April 1901, and three years later a memorial to him was put in place at
Peterborough Cathedral. The life-size marble effigy was carved by his brother
Walter Rowlands Ingram
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[Plaque in Peterborough Cathedral] The monument stands in the south-east section close to the burial place of
Mary, Queen of Scots
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References
1834 births
Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge
Deans of Peterborough
1901 deaths
Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers
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