Arthur Stone (priest)

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Arthur Edward Stone[1][2] was Archdeacon of Calcutta[3] from 1898[citation needed] to 1902.[4]

Stone's father and grandfather were Church of Ireland priests.[5] He was educated at St Peter's School, York and Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained deacon in 1875 and priest in 1876. After a curacy at Moreton-in-Marsh he served with the Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment at Ajmere, Cawnpore, Lucknow, Delhi, Mandalay and Darjeeling. In 1898, he was appointed a Fellow of the University of Calcutta. On his return from India he was Rector of Islip from 1902 to 1910,[6][7] then Vicar of Burcombe.[8]

He died on 11 January 1927.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, London, Horace Cox, 1908, p. 1366
  4. ^ Ecclesiastical Intelligenece The Times (London, England), Thursday, 12 Jun 1902; pg. 12; Issue 36792
  5. ^ Details of MEADE NISBETT STONE
  6. ^ "Ecclesiastical intelligence". The Times. No. 36792. London. 12 June 1902. p. 12.
  7. ^ Parish web site
  8. ^ ‘STONE, Ven. Arthure Edward’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 5 Dec 2015
  9. ^ Deaths The Times (London, England), Friday, 14 January 1927; pg. 1; Issue 44479