Joseph Baly Explained

Joseph Baly (1824 - 1909)[1] was Archdeacon of Calcutta[2] from 1872[3] until 1883;[4]

Career

Baly was educated at Worcester College, Oxford, graduating BA in 1846[5] and M.A. in 1857.[6] He was ordained deacon in 1847[7] and priest in 1848.[8] He served curacies in Leicester and Falmouth.[9] In 1854 he became Warden of St Thomas's College, Colombo.[10] He later served as Chaplain at Allahabad, Sealkote and Simla before returning to Falmouth as its Rector (1870[11] –1872).[12] He was back in India as Archdeacon of Calcutta from 1872 until 1883, and was appointed a Fellow of the University of Calcutta in 1879. On his final return from India he was Chaplain of Windsor Great Park from 1885[13] until 1906.[14]

He died on 6 November 1909.[15]

Family

He married Amelia Rose, who died at Trevethan, Englefield Green on 17 January 1903.[16] His daughter Amelia Baly was the wife of Field Marshal Sir George White.

Notes and References

  1. Satoshi Mizutani: "The Meaning of White: Race, Class, and the 'Domiciled Community' in British India 1858-1930", Oxford, OUP, 2011,, p.121
  2. Web site: BALY (Joseph), Archdeacon of Calcutta . National Archives . 28 November 2018 .
  3. 'Ecclesiastical Intelligence' Essex Standard (Colchester, England), Friday, 26 April 1872; Issue 2158
  4. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  5. University Intelligence The Times (London, England), Monday, 1 Jun 1846; pg. 3; Issue 19251
  6. 'UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE' The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, 13 July 1857; pg. 6; Issue 26063
  7. 'GENERAL ORDINATIONS' The Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, 22 December 1847; pg. 1; Issue 23101
  8. 'GENERAL ORDINATIONS' The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, 1 January 1849; pg. 7; Issue 23422
  9. 'Testimonial to the Rev Joseph Baly, B.A' Royal Cornwall Gazette (Truro, England), Friday, 7 July 1854; pg. 8; Issue 2663
  10. Web site: College web-site . 30 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151108093058/http://www.stcmount.edu.lk/wardens-of-s-thomas-college.html . 8 November 2015 . dead .
  11. 'CORNWALL' Royal Cornwall Gazette (Truro, England), Saturday, 4 June 1870; pg. ROYAL CORNWALL GAZETTE, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1870.; Issue 3490
  12. Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Saturday, 4 Jun 1870; pg. 7; Issue 26768
  13. http://forebears.co.uk/england/berkshire/old-windsor Forebears
  14. Court Circular. The Times (London, England), Saturday, 29 Dec 1906; pg. 10; Issue 38216
  15. The Rev. Joseph Baly The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 9 Nov 1909; pg. 11; Issue 39112
  16. Deaths . 21 January 1903 . 1 . 36983.

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