Lancelot Fish Explained

Lancelot John Fish (2 August 1861[1] – 9 September 1924) was Archdeacon of Bath from 1909 until his death on 29 September 1924.[2]

Lancelot was born in Whitchurch, Shropshire[3] to John Dent Fish and Henrietta Barnes Chesterman. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was Chaplain at Christ Church, Cannes from 1900 to 1903;[4] Vicar of Bathampton until 1907;[5] He was Chaplain at St Andrew, Biarritz from 1907 to 1909; and then Vicar of St Stephen Lansdown, Bath until 1923.[6] from 1902 to 1938.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Admissions to Trinity College, Cambridge ... . 1913 . Macmillan and Company, Limited . 636 . 17 November 2023 . en.
  2. Archdeacon Fish The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Oct 08, 1924; pg. 19; Issue 43777.
  3. 1911 England Census
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p494: Horace, Cox, London, 1908
  5. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/645053 Geograph
  6. http://www.bathabbey.org/history/first-world-war-centenary/individual-stories Abbey web site
  7. ‘FISH, Ven. Lancelot John’’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015 ; online edn, Nov 2015 accessed 9 Sept 2016