Ernest Lewis-Crosby Explained

Ernest Henry Cornwall Lewis-Crosby (ca 1864 – 1961) was a Church of Ireland (Anglican) priest and author.^[1]

He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.^[2] His first post was as a curate at Christ Church, Leeson Park, Dublin.^[3] After this he was head of the Church of Ireland Mission to the Jews then Rector of, successively, Drumcondra and North Strand parish (1904–14), Rathmines (1914–1924) and Stillorgan (1924-38). In 1938 he became Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, a post he held until his death on 18 May 1961.

He had three sons and two daughters: Robert Cornwall Lewis-Crosby, Edith Patricia Charity Lewis-Crosby, John Ernest Cornwall Lewis-Crosby (who became Secretary of the National Trust of Northern Ireland), Francis Gabriel Cornwall (who changed his surname upon inheriting his uncle's homestead), and Hilda Florence Harriet Lewis-Crosby.

He helped establish the Church of Ireland Divinity Hostel in 1913, by allowing his property on Mountjoy Square to be used by the Hostel rent free for a number of years.

Notes and References

1. Among others he wrote "Celtic Churches in the Diocese of Dublin", 1932; "The Ancient Books of Christ Church Cathedral", Dublin, 1947; "A Short History of Christ Church Cathedral", 1949; "The Annals of Christ Church Cathedral", 1950; "Our Two Cathedrals, from foundation to Reformation", 1951 British Library website accessed 12:01 GMT, 18 July 2012
2. "Lewis-Crosby, Very Rev. Ernest Henry Cornwall", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 15 July 2012
3. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]