Ernest Sharpe Explained

Ernest Newton Sharpe (1866  - January 1949) was an eminent^[1] Anglican.^[2] Priest^[3] in the 20th century.

He was born into an ecclesiastical family ^[4] in 1866 and educated at Westminster and Clare College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1890, he began his career with a curacy at Bath Abbey.^[5] Following this he was Vicar of Emanuel Church, West Hampstead ^[6] then Rector of Kersal.^[7] After this he was Rector of Holy Trinity, Marylebone, then vicar of St James's Church, Paddington.^[8] A Prebendary then Canon of St Paul's Cathedral, he was Archdeacon of London from 1930 to 1947.^[9]
He died on 20 January 1949.^[10]

Notes and References

1. http://archives.lse.ac.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=LANSBURY%2f12 LSE archives
2. https://openlibrary.org/books/OL19235159M/sermon_preached_in_..._St._Lawrence_Jewry_before_the_..._Lord_Mayor Open Library
3. http://www.sussex-opc.org/index.php?c=720&t=ChurchDocument&k=125&l=102 On-line Parish clerks
4. His father was the Rev. Henry Sharpe, sometime Vicar of Trinity Church, Hampstead > “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991
5. [The Times]
6. [The Times]
7. [The Times]
8. Web site: Vicars of St James, Paddington . 2010-07-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110924160347/http://www.stjamespaddington.org.uk/history/vicars-of-st-james.html . 2011-09-24 . dead .
9. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
10. Obituary The Times Saturday, Jan 22, 1949; pg. 4; Issue 51286; col D