Alfred Pott
Alfred Pott | |
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_Archdeacon_of_Berkshire_(1870_-_1903).jpg) Alfred Pott | |
| Born | 30 September 1822 West Norwood, London |
| Died | 28 February 1908 (aged 85) Chertsey, Surrey |
Alfred Pott (30 September 1822 – 28 February 1908) was an English churchman, Archdeacon of Berkshire from 1870 until 1903.[1]
Life
Pott was educated at Eton[2] and Magdalen College, Oxford,[3] where he was president of the Oxford Union.[4] He was ordained Deacon in 1845 [5] and Priest in 1846.[6]
He was the incumbent at St. Agatha, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell[7] and was the Vicar of Clifton Hampden from 1874 until 1882. He was on the governing body of Abingdon School from 1869-1902 and Chairman of the Governors from 1869 to 1900.[8]
His son Alfred Percivall Pott was also a clergyman.[9]
References
- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Notes
- ^ Keble College, Oxford
- ^ "ETON COLLEGE, MARCH 16" The Standard (London, England), Monday, March 18, 1839; Issue 4599
- ^ "The historical register of the University of Oxford : being a supplement to the Oxford University calendar, with an alphabetical record of University honours and distinctions completed to the end of Trinity term 1888" Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1888
- ^ The Oxford Union 1823-1923, p. 316
- ^ "Ordination at OXFORD" The Standard (London, England), Thursday, December 25, 1845; Issue 6679
- ^ "ORDINATIONS" The Morning Chronicle (London, England), Monday, December 21, 1846; Issue 24074
- ^ Church Web Site
- ^ "Obituary" (PDF). The Abingdonian.
- ^ "Pott, Alfred Percivall (PT881AP)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.