Upcott, Arthur William, 1857-1922
- GB-2014-WSA-20727
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- 1857-1922
Upcott, Arthur William; fourth son of John Samuel Upcott, Manor House, Cullompton, Devon, wool merchant, and Mary Anne, dau. of Robert Humphry Sears, Taunton, Somerset, formerly of Calcutta, India ; b. 6 Jan 1857 ; ed.Sherborne Sch. and Exeter Coll.Oxford, matr. 15 Oct 1875, aged 18, scholar 1875-80 ; 1st cl.Cl.Mod. 1876, 2nd cl.Lit.Hum.1879 ; BA 1879 ; MA 1882 ; BD and DD 1906 ; Assistant Master, St.Mark’s Sch., Windsor 1880-2, 1884-6 ; Assistant Master, (Classics) Jun 1882 – Dec 1883 ; ordained deacon 1884, priest 1886 (both Oxford) ; Head Master, St.Mark’s Sch., Windsor 1886-91, St.Edmund’s, Canterbury 1891-1902, and Christ’s Hospital Sch. 1902-19 ; Rector of Brightling, Sussex, from 1920 ; Archdeacon of Hastings from 1920 ; m. 22 Aug 1888 Sophia Madeleine, third dau. of Charles Anderson Dalgairns MD FRCS ; d. 22 May 1922.