William Henderson (priest)

The Very Rev William George Henderson DD (25 June 1819[1] – 24 September 1905) was Dean of Carlisle[2] from 1884 to his death in 1905.

The Very Reverend William Henderson (Walter William Ouless)

Early life

Henderson was born in 1819 at Harbridge, Hampshire.[3] He attended Magdalen College, Oxford.[4]

Career

Henderson was a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, his alma mater[5] and a Tutor at Durham University. He was Master of Hatfield College, Durham, from 1851 to 1852.[6]

Henderson was ordained in 1859. He was then Headmaster of Victoria College, Jersey, and Leeds Grammar School before his appointment to the Carlisle Deanery.

He married Jane Melville Dalyell, daughter of John Dalyell. Their son was George Francis Robert Henderson.[7] Henderson was a scholar who edited various liturgical works.

  • Missale ad usum insignis ecclesiae Eboracensis 2 vols. 1874 (York missal)
  • Missale ad usum percelebris Ecclesiæ Herfordensis 1874 (Hereford missal)
  • Liber pontificalis Chr. Bainbridge, Archiepiscopi Eboracensis 1875 (Pontifical of Abp Bainbridge)
  • Manuale et processionale ad usum insignis ecclesiae Eboracensis 1875 (York manual and processional)

&Processionale ad usum insignis ac praeclarae ecclesiae Sarum 1882 (Sarum processional)

  • --do.-- Farnborough: Gregg, 1969 ISBN 0576991430


He died on 24 September 1905.

References
  1. Foster, Joseph (1893). Oxford Men & Their Colleges. Oxford, J. Parker. p. 322. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  2. Deans of Carlisle
  3. Who was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. The Times, Friday, 6 Nov 1846; pg. 5; Issue 19387; col B "University Intelligence AD EUNDEM MASTER OF ARTS".
  5. The Times, Thursday, 11 Apr 1850; pg. 8; Issue 20460; col D "University Intelligence. Oxford, 10 April Fellows of Magdalen College".
  6. Lee, Sidney (May 2001). Dictionary of National Biography. ISBN 9781402170638.
  7. Burke, Bernard (1886). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison. p. 465. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
John Oakley		 Dean of Carlisle
1884–1906		 Succeeded by
Charles Ridgeway
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