Charles Johnston (priest) explained

Charles Francis Harding Johnston (b Barnstaple, 6 October 1842 -d Warrington 22 August 1925)[1] was Archdeacon of Bombay from 1888 until 1890.[2]

Johnston was educated at Barnstaple Grammar School and Christ's College, Cambridge; and ordained in 1867.[3] His first post after Graduation was with the Inland Revenue after which he was a master at Trinity College, Glenalmond from 1867 to 1868. Moving to India he was Chaplain of HEICS and Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Bombay before his time as Archdeacon[4] and Vicar of Headington Quarry[5] afterwards.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Deaths . . London, England . 25 August 1925 . 1.
  2. ‘JOHNSTON, Ven. Charles Francis Harding’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 1 March 2015
  3. News: GENERAL ORDINATIONS . . London, England . 23 December 1867 . 3 . 29339.
  4. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  5. News: ECCLESIASTICAL NEWS . . York, England . 27 November 1891 . 6 . 12631.
  6. Web site: Vicars of the three older Headington parishes . Headington History . 31 January 2021 .

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