Ernest Henry Stenning MBE TD (27 January 1885 – 2 February 1964) was an

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priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deity, deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in parti ...

. He was the

Archdeacon of Man The Archdeacon of Man (sometimes incorrectly referred to as ''Archdeacon of the Isle of Man'') is a senior cleric second only to the Bishop of Sodor and Man in the Anglican Diocese of Sodor and Man (which comprises the Isle of Man). This is unusua ...

in the

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from 1958 until his death in 1964. Born in

Shermanbury Shermanbury is a village and civil parish in the Horsham (district), Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A281 road approximately north of Henfield. The present day village consists mainly of a ribbon development of bungalow ...

, Sussex, Stenning was educated at

Downing College, Cambridge Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge and currently has around 950 students. Founded in 1800, it was the only college to be added to the university between 1596 and 1869, and is often described as the oldest of ...

, and

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in 1911. By profession a

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, he taught from 1911 at King Williams College, where he was also school

chaplain A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution (such as a hospital, prison, military unit, intellige ...

and Vice-Principal. An

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, he was president of the Manx Antiquarian Society, a co-founder of the

Manx Grand Prix The Manx Grand Prix motorcycle races are held on the Isle of Man TT Course (or ' Mountain Circuit') annually, usually at the end of August and early September. Traditionally the event has been staged over a two week period but this was reduce ...

and a

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of the Isle of Man Freemasons (1957–1964).

References

1885 births People from Shermanbury Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge Honorary chaplains to the King Archdeacons of Man Members of the Order of the British Empire Freemasons of the United Grand Lodge of England 1964 deaths School chaplains {{York-archdeacon-stub