Phipps Hornby (priest) explained

Phipps John Hornby^[1] (10 January 1853 – 4 April 1936)^[2] was Archdeacon of Lancaster^[3] from 1909 to his death.^[4]

He was educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford and ordained in 1877. After a curacy in Lytham St Annes^[5] he was Vicar^[6] of St Michael's on Wyre^[7] from 1885 to 1919.; before his Archdeacon’s appointment.^[8]

Notes and References

1. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=109-aa_1-1_1-2&cid=1-9-1-5-9#1-9-1-5-9 National Archives
2. Archdeacon Hornby The Times (London, England), Monday, Apr 06, 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47342
3. http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=W.Temple%2F1-62%2F5%2F105 Lambeth Palace Library
4. ‘HORNBY, Ven. Phipps John’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 27 Feb 2014
5. ECCLESIASTCAL INTELLIGENCE 'The Hampshire Advertiser' (Southampton, England), Saturday, September 05, 1885; pg. 2; Issue 4093
6. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53233 British History on-line
7. http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/St-Michael-on-Wyre/stmichael/burials_1908-1948.html Lancashire Parish Records
8. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords]