Edward Scobell (priest)
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Edward Chessall Scobell (27 January 1850 – 8 February 1917) was an Anglican priest who served as Archdeacon of Gloucester[1] from 1903 until his death.[2]
He was born into an ecclesiastical family, son of Sanford George Scobell, vicar of Market Rasen.[3][4] Educated at Marlborough College, he attended Pembroke College, Oxford and was ordained in 1874.[5] After curacies in Horsham and Gloucester he was a Lecturer at Gloucester Theological College from 1877 to 1881. After this he was Vicar of St Luke's, Gloucester (1881[6]–89); Examining Chaplain to the Bishops of Gloucester (1883–1917); Rector of Upton St Leonards[7] (1889–1912); Rural Dean of Gloucester (1890–1903); and Residentiary Canon of Gloucester Cathedral (1912[8]–1917).
References
[edit]- ^ The London Gazette
- ^ Archdeacon E. C. Scobell The Times (London, England), Friday, Feb 09, 1917; pg. 9; Issue 41398
- ^ ‘SCOBELL, Ven. Edward Chessall’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 7 April 2013
- ^ s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Scobell, Sanford George
- ^ ‘University and City Intelligence’ Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, December 26, 1874; Issue 6352
- ^ ‘ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE’ The Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, October 13, 1881; pg. 2; Issue 34102
- ^ National Archives
- ^ Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times(London, England), Tuesday, Mar 19, 1912; pg. 6; Issue 39850
