Francis Gregory (bishop) explained

The Rt Rev Francis Ambrose Gregory^[1] (1848 - 31 January 1927) was a former Bishop of Mauritius.^[2]

Born into an ecclesiastical family^[3] in 1848 and educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1873^[4] and began his career as a Curate in Cheam.^[5] After that he was a SPG Missionary in Madagascar. In time he became the Principal of St Paul’s College, Ambatoharanana and Chaplain to the Bishop. He was Bishop of Mauritius from 1904^[6] to 1919.

He died on 31 January 1927 and is buried at Northiam Cemetery, East Sussex.^[7]

External links

• Ny Boky Fivavahana Portions of the Book of Common Prayer in Malagasy (1904) translated by Gregory

Notes and References

1. [The Times]
2. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=179-par431&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 National Archives
3. His father was the Very Rev Robert Gregory, Dean of St Paul’s from 1891 until 1911 > “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007
4. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
5. Book: [[Richard Malden|Malden Richard (ed)]] . Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) . London . The Field Press. 610. 1920 .
6. [The Times]
7. [The Times]