Rt. Rev. Henry James Matthew

Rt. Rev. Henry James Matthew

Male 1837 - 1898  (61 years)

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    Henry James Matthew
    Henry James Matthew
    albumen cabinet card, circa 1890s
    5 3/4 in. x 4 in. (146 mm x 103 mm) image size
    Given by Corporation of Church House, 1949

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  • Name Henry James Matthew 
    Prefix Rt. Rev. 
    Born 15 Jan 1837  Parish of All Saints, Cambridge Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 02 Dec 1898  Lahore, India Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age 61 years 
    Person ID I68  The Matthew Family Tree
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2012 

    Father David Matthew,   b. 1809, Southwark Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1880  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Cranwell Rowton,   b. Abt 1814, Cambridge Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1893, Hampstead Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 22 Mar 1836  St. Mary the Great, Cambridge Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1851  59, Finchley Rd, Marylebone, London. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1861  3, Loundoun Rd, Marylebone, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1871  58, Belsize Park, St. John's, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1881  52, Belsize Park Find all individuals with events at this location 
    with Edward and Alice 
    Family ID F12  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Julia Elizabeth Browne,   b. Abt 1837,   d. Abt 1887  (Age 50 years) 
    Children 
     1. Henry Bernard Matthew,   b. 26 Sep 1869,   d. 1874  (Age 4 years)
    +2. Gerard Walter Matthew,   b. 1871, Calcutta, India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1920, Comber, County Down, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2004 
    Family ID F24  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 02 Dec 1898 - Lahore, India Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Bishop of Lahore
    • Cambridge Alumni record reads:-

      Henry James Matthew

      TRINITY College

      Entered: Michs, 1855.

      Born 15 Jan 1837 at Cambridge.

      Pens (age 18) at Trinity, Mar 1 1855, son of David (grocer) of Trinity Street, Cambridge. School, St Paul's, London. Michs 1855, Carus Greek Testament prize 1858, B.A. 1859, M.A. 1862, D.D. 1887, Ordained Deacon (Canterbury) 1861, priest 1862; C. of Kilndown, Kent 1861-67, Chaplain on the Bengal Establishment at Allahabad 1867; at Fort William, Calcutta, 1868. C of All Saints, Hampstead, 1874-7, Chaplain at Simla, 1877. Archdeacon of Lahore, 1887-88. Bishop of Lahore, 1888-1898. Married, Nov. 29 1866, Julia Elizabeth Browne, and had issue. Died Dec 2, 1898, in Lahore Cathedral, whilst in the act of celebrating Communion.

      (Scott, MSS; Boase, VI. 181; Crockford; India Office List.)
    • Entry on Wikipedia
    • Article in the Daily Star of Bangladesh


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