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Bishop of Mauritius
The
Rt Rev Francis Ambrose Gregory
[1] (1848 - 31 January 1927) was a former
Bishop of Mauritius.
[2]
Born into an
ecclesiastical family
[3] in 1848 and educated at
Trinity College, Glenalmond and
Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1873
[4] and began his career as a
Curate in
Cheam.
[5] After that he was a
SPG
Missionary in
Madagascar. In time he became the Principal of St Paul’s College,
Ambatoharanana and
Chaplain to the
Bishop. He was
Bishop of Mauritius from 1904
[6] to 1919.
He died on 31 January 1927 and is buried at
Northiam Cemetery, East Sussex.
[7]
Notes
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^
The Times, Monday, Jul 09, 1883; pg. 10; Issue 30867; col B University Intelligence
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^
National Archives
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^ His father was the
Very Rev
Robert Gregory,
Dean of St Paul’s from 1891 until 1911 >
“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London,
A & C Black, 2007
ISBN
978-0-19-954087-7
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^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
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^
Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 610.
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^
The Times, Wednesday, Apr 13, 1904; pg. 11; Issue 37367; col F New Bishop of Mauritius
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^
The Times, Wednesday, Feb 02, 1927; pg. 17; Issue 44495; col D Obituary Bishop Gregory
External links
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Ny Boky Fivavahana Portions of the Book of Common Prayer in Malagasy (1904) translated by Gregory