Charles Henry Drinkwater
1831–1924
Clergyman. Born in Shrewsbury and attended Shrewsbury School. BA, Cambridge (St John’s College), 1854. Ordained deacon in Toronto, Canada, 1856; priest, 1858. Incumbent of St Thomas’s, Hamilton, Ontario, 1856–67. BA and MA, Toronto, 1865. Curate of Ixworth, Suffolk, and other parishes in England, 1868–72. Vicar of St George’s, Shrewsbury, 1872–1923.
Sources
Alum. Cantab.
BMD (Death index)
England, select births and christenings, 1538–1975 (Ancestry.com, accessed 13 October 2014)
Bibliography
Alum. Cantab.: Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900. Compiled by John Venn and J. A. Venn. 10 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1922–54.
BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.
