Henry Constantine Huxtable (8 March 1826 – 1871) was

Bishop of Mauritius The Bishop of Mauritius () has been the Ordinary of the Anglican Church in Mauritius in the Indian Ocean since its inception in 1854. The current bishop is Joseph Sténio André. Bishops *1854 Vincent William Ryan *1869 Thomas Goodwin Hatchard ...

from 1870 to August 1871. He was the son of Dr A Huxtable and was born in Bristol, England; he was educated at

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and served as a missionary in

Sawyerpuram Sawyerpuram is a town '' panchayat'' in Tuticorin district, Tamil Nadu, India. Microliths are found in large in numbers around Sawyerpuram (and additionally in Kulattur, Tirunelveli). They were found embedded in the fossil-bearing sand dune ...

, Tuticorin,Tamil Nadu. He and his wife Eliza Amier (1824-1901) were in Madras in 1852 when their son Henry Anthony was born. The family returned to England after the 1857 mutiny and Huxtable became curate in sole charge of Hendford, Yeovil for two years, followed by eight years as Rector of Bettiscombe, Somerset. In 1867 he was appointed to St Marys Church,

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as Bishop of Mauritius. Eliza then returned to live in England with her son, who became a solicitor and mayor of Dorchester. Dorset Online Parish Clerk website, ''St Peters Church Dorchester, Marriages 1801-1900''
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