Thomas Masters
Reverend Thomas Heywood Masters, CBE (9 April 1865 – 1 September 1939) was an Anglican priest.[1][2][3]
Masters was born in 1865,[4] and educated at Withington High School, at Inverness College, in Hanover and at Christ's College, Cambridge.[5] Ordained in 1889, his first posts were curacies at St Peter's, Caverswall and St Mark's, Lakenham. He then held incumbencies at All Saints, North Scarle[6] and from 1901[7] at All Saints, East Meon.
During the Great War, he was a Red Cross Ambulance driver serving in France before his appointment as a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces. Although 50 and married with 4 children, he was 'accepted for France going out in 13 days time with his teeth attended to'. He could ride and speak French and German.[8] By the end of the War, although he had served for only three years, he had been promoted to Assistant Chaplain-General and was twice Mentioned in Despatches. He was also appointed a CBE.[9] When peace returned he became Vicar of St Peter's, Petersfield.[10] After this he was Rural Dean of Portsmouth then Provost of Portsmouth Cathedral,[11] also becoming an Honorary Chaplain to the King.[12]
Masters died on 1 September 1939[13] and there is a memorial to him at East Meon.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ The Times, 28 April 1893; p. 11; Issue 33937; col B, University Intelligence. Oxford, 27 April.
- ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ Family genealogy site
- ^ "Masters, Thomas Heywood (MSTS886TH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- ^ "Ecclesiastical intelligence". The Times. No. 36622. London. 26 November 1901. p. 8.
- ^ Index Card Museum of Army Chaplaincy
- ^ Who Was Who, A and C Black
- ^ A history of Christianity in Petersfield: the stories of the local churches: Petersfield, Petersfield Area Historical Society, 2001 Monograph No 4 ISSN 0262-5970
- ^ History in Portsmouth Archived 6 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ecclesiastical News. New Chaplains to the King The Times, 22 October 1921; p. 10; Issue 42858; col E
- ^ Deaths, The Times, 4 September 1939; p. 1; Issue 48401; col A
- ^ Parish registers web-site