Henry Savage (Dean of Lichfield) explained

Henry Edwin Savage (11 September 1854[1] – 19 April 1939) was an Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th century.[2]

He was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, the son of Rev. Robert Chapman Savage and Emma Storr.[3] He was educated at Haileybury and Christ's College, Cambridge. After this he was elected a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and ordained in 1878.[4] He began his career with a curacy at St Luke's, New Chesterton[5] and was then Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham. Later he held incumbencies at Pelton, West Hartlepool and South Shields[6] before his elevation in 1909 to the Deanery of Lichfield Cathedral.[7] He died in 1939 in Lichfield.[8] There is a memorial to him within the cathedral.[9]

Notes and References

  1. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975
  2. http://www.archives.staffordshire.gov.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?&dsqIni=DserveV.ini&dsqApp=Archive2&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='CF1/1/2/1/18') Gateway to the past
  3. Warwickshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813–1910
  4. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  5. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/Chesterton/ Genuki
  6. [The Times]
  7. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37839 British History ON-Line
  8. "Obituary – Dr. H. E. Savage". The Times, Thursday, Apr 20, 1939; pg. 19; Issue 48284; col B
  9. http://www.the-staffordshire-encyclopaedia.co.uk/view.php?id=75 The Staffordshire Encyclopaedia

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