Henry Cheetham
Henry Cheetham (27 April 1827 – 22 December 1899) was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Sierra Leone from 1870 until 1882.[1][2]
Life
[edit]Henry Cheetham was born in Nottingham and educated in Nottingham and at Christ's College, Cambridge.[3] Ordained in 1856, he was Vicar of Quarndon, Derbyshire until his appointment to the colonial episcopate.[4] He died in Bournemouth on 22 December 1899.[5] Doctor of Divinity (DD) 1871.
Family
[edit]Cheetham married, firstly, in 1856, Ann Eaton, daughter of Richard Eaton of Dovecote House, Ashover.[6][7] He married, secondly, on 6 January 1875, at Ullenhall church, Mary Rosa Newton, one of the officiating clergy being her brother Horace Newton.[8] She died in Sierra Leone, later that year.[7][9] He married, thirdly, in 1882, Isabelle Rutter, daughter of William Rutter of Clapton.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "CMS Archive". Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
- ↑ "Cheetham, Rt Rev. Henry". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Cheetham, Henry (CHTN852H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ Jstor
- ↑ Obituary Bishop Cheetham The Times, Tuesday, Dec 26, 1899; pg. 7; Issue 36022; col F
- ↑ "Marriages". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. 13 June 1856. p. 5.
- 1 2 3 Dod's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. Whittaker. 1884. pp. 205–206.
- ↑ "Married". Leamington Spa Courier. 16 January 1875. p. 5.
- ↑ "Presentation of Bishop Cheetham to the Vicarage of Rotherham". Derby Mercury. 7 December 1881. p. 2.