Stamford Raffles-Flint (6 February 1847 – 15 August 1925) was
Archdeacon of Cornwall
The Archdeacon of Cornwall is a senior cleric in the Church of England Diocese of Truro.
History and composition
The archdeaconry of Cornwall was created in the Diocese of Exeter in the late 11th century. The area and the archdeacon remained pa ...
from 1916 until his death.
He was the son of William Charles Raffles Flint and his wife Jenny Rosdew Mudge, daughter of
Richard Zachariah Mudge
Richard Zachariah Mudge (also Zachary) (1790–1854) was an English officer of the Royal Engineers, known as a surveyor.
Early life
He was the eldest son of William Mudge, and great-grandson of Zachariah Mudge, born at Plymouth on 6 September 1 ...
, educated at
Eton and
University College, Oxford
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and
ordained
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in 1871. After a
curacy
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at
Alverstoke
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he was
Rector
Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to:
Style or title
*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of
Ladock
Ladock ( kw, Egloslajek) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about six miles (9.5 km) north-east of Truro.
Historically, Ladock was two small settlements; Bissick by the river and Ladock on the hill. ...
from 1885 until 1920 when he became
Canon Residentiary
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Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergy house or, later, i ...
and
Treasurer
A treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury of an organization. The significant core functions of a corporate treasurer include cash and liquidity management, risk management, and corporate finance.
Government
The treasury o ...
of
Truro Cathedral
The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Truro, Cornwall. It was built between 1880 and 1910 to a Gothic Revival design by John Loughborough Pearson on the site of the parish church of St Mary. It i ...
. In 1884 he married Ethel Maud Quentin, sister of
George Quentin.
References
1847 births
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of University College, Oxford
Archdeacons of Cornwall
1925 deaths
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