Henry Brett (priest) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Very Reverend
Henry Robert Brett
Order:Dean of Belfast
Term Start:1926
Term End:1932
Birth Date:18 October 1868
Death Date:2 November 1932[1]
Alma Mater:Trinity College, Dublin
Spouse:Constance née White

Henry Robert Brett was Dean of Belfast[2] in the second quarter of the 20th century.[3]
Ordained in 1893, his first posts were curacies at Coleraine and Belfast after which he was Vicar of St Peter's Belfast[4] and then Archdeacon of Connor before his appointment as Dean of Belfast.[5]

Arms

Notes:Confirmed 25 October 1921 by Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, Ulster King of Arms.
Escutcheon:Per pale Argent and Sable on a fess cotised a cross flory between two trefoils slipped all counterchanegd.
Crest:On a wreath of the colours a crane reguardant with wings addorsed Sable charged with a fess cotised Argent.
Lambrequin:Gyles doubled Argent.[6]
Motto:Crains Dieu

Notes and References

  1. The Times, Friday, 4 November 1932; pg. 19; Issue 46282; col A Obituary The Dean Of Belfast
  2. http://www.belfastcathedral.org/heritage/deans-of-belfast-since-1904/ Cathedral web-site
  3. A New History of Ireland Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976
  4. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Kelly's, 1913
  5. "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991
  6. Web site: Grants and Confirmations of Arms Volume M . National Library of Ireland . 23 August 2022 . 54.