Individual Details

Rev. Edward James Geoffrey Hornby M. A.

(9 Nov 1816 - 19 Jun 1888)

Rector and Rural Dean of Bury and Hon. Canon of Manchester. Educated at Shrewsbury and Merton Coll., Oxford (2nd. Class in Classics, 1835; M.A., 1843). Ordained at Chester, 1839. Curate of Deane, 1839-41. Incumbent at Christ Church, Walmersley, Bury, 1841-46. Vicar of Ormskirk, 1846-50. Rector of Bury, 1850-88. Hon. canon of Manchester, 1855. Rural Dean of Bury same year. Proctor in Convocation for Archdeaconry of Manchester, 1880. A Commissioner under the Pluralities Acts Amendments Act, Trustee of Bury Grammar School, Hon. Chaplain of the Bury Rifle Volunteers from 1861, a Feoffee of Humphrey Chetham's Hospital and Library, Manchester, and ex-officio Governor of Hulme's Trust, and Chairman of Rossall School Council.

Events

Birth9 Nov 1816Felbrigg, Norfolk, England
Marriage19 Aug 1841Elizabeth Roughsedge
Death19 Jun 1888Bury Saint Edmonds, Suffolk, England

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