James Hamilton Francis Peile (2 August 1863 – 4 April 1940 was an eminent

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in the first half of the twentieth century. Peile was educated at Harrow and matriculated at

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in 1882, graduating B.A. in 1886; and was

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in 1898. After some years as a school teacher he returned to

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in 1900 as a

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, and in June 1902 he was appointed

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and assistant chaplain at Corpus Christi College. In 1907, Peiles work "The Reproach of the Gospel: An Inquiry Into the Apparent Failure of Christianity As a General Rule of Life and Conduct, with Special Reference to the Present Time" was published. From 1907 until 1910 he was

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of All Saints, Ennismore Gardens. In that year he became Archdeacon of Warwick, a post he held until 1921

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1929-30: Oxford,

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, 1929 p 1002 when he took up a similar role at

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. He retired in 1938. Married Margaret Hester Drummond on 7 February 1911. Margaret died on 20 February 1940 only a few weeks before Peile himself in April the same year.

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