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Henry Cheetham
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Henry Cheetham (27 April 1827 – 22 December 1899) was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Sierra Leone from 1870 until 1882.[1][2]
Life
Henry Cheetham was born in Nottingham and educated in Nottingham and at Christ's College, Cambridge.[3] Ordained in 1856, he was Vicar of Quarndon, Derbyshire until his appointment to the colonial episcopate.[4] He died in Bournemouth on 22 December 1899.[5] Doctor of Divinity (DD) 1871.
Family
Cheetham married, firstly, in 1856, Ann Eaton, daughter of Richard Eaton of Dovecote House, Ashover.[6][7] He married, secondly, on 6 January 1875, at Ullenhall church, Mary Rosa Newton, one of the officiating clergy being her brother Horace Newton.[8] She died in Sierra Leone, later that year.[7][9] He married, thirdly, in 1882, Isabelle Rutter, daughter of William Rutter of Clapton.[7]
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