Ernest Newton Sharpe (1866 – January 1949) was an eminentLSE archives AnglicanOpen Library PriestOn-line Parish clerks in the 20th century.
He was born into an ecclesiastical family His father was the Rev. Henry Sharpe, sometime Vicar of Trinity Church, Hampstead > “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 in 1866 and educated at Westminster and Clare College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1890, he began his career with a curacy at Bath Abbey.The Times, Tuesday, May 26, 1891; pg. 13; Issue 33334; col A Ordinations. Following this he was Vicar of Emanuel Church, West Hampstead The Times, Wednesday, Jul 04, 1894; pg. 10; Issue 34307; col G Ecclesiastical Intelligence then Rector of Kersal.The Times, Monday, Jun 08, 1908; pg. 8; Issue 38667; col C Ecclesiastical Intelligence. After this he was Rector of Holy Trinity, Marylebone, then vicar of St James's Church, Paddington. A Prebendary then Canon of St Paul's Cathedral, he was Archdeacon of London from 1930 to 1947.Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941 He died on 20 January 1949.Obituary The Times Saturday, Jan 22, 1949; pg. 4; Issue 51286; col D
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