Memorial to William Clavell Ingram in Peterborough Cathedral

William Clavell Ingram was an Anglican priest and the

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in the

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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

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,. He was a

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then a chaplain to

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before being appointed

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, Isle of Man. From 1874, he was

of St Matthew's, Leicester before his elevation to the deanery. 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

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. The life-size marble effigy was carved by his brother Walter Rowlands Ingram.Plaque in Peterborough Cathedral The monument stands in the south-east section close to the burial place of

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1834 births Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge Deans of Peterborough 1901 deaths Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub