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Wells, Giffard, 1802-1876
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Dates of existence
1802-1876
History
WELLS, GIFFARD, son of Jonah Smith Wells, Islington, Middlesex, stockbroker, and Diana, sister of John Giffard (qv); b. 22 Oct 1802; adm. 22 May 1815 (Du Brieux's); left Whitsun 1816; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1816-20; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge; migr. to Sidney Sussex Coll.; BA 1824; MA 1827; ordained deacon 1825, priest 1827 (both Salisbury); Vicar of St. Thomas’s, Stourbridge, Worcs., 15 Aug 1833-5; Head Master, Stourbridge GS 1833; d. 3 Aug 1876. [Perhaps Giffard Wells who m. 17 Dec 1829 Mary Anne Bradshaw (IGI)]
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.