Sydney Thelwall (born 18 December 1834 — 28 August 1922) was an

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clergyman and Christian scholar.

Life

The son of

Algernon Sydney Thelwall Algernon Sydney Thelwall (1795 in Cowes, Isle of Wight – 1863, in London) was an evangelical Church of England clergyman and teacher of elocution. Life Algernon Sydney Thelwall was the eldest son of the poet, radical and orator John Thelwa ...

, Sydney Thelwall was educated at King's College London. He was admitted as a pensioner to

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under Messrs Gell, Hays and Gunson on 9 October 1858. He left Christ's College with B.A. (Class. Trip. 2nd class) in 1865. Though he kept some terms after his first admission, he needed to be readmitted 30 September 1863, and was also admitted as a scholar of the college (under the tutorial care of Rysley) on 28 October 1863.

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, ''Biographical Register of Christ's College, 1505-1905'' vol. 2 (1913), p. 559 In 1865 Thelwall married Susan Barnett, daughter of Rev. S. W. Barnett, vicar of

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. Ordained

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in 1865, and

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in 1866, he was

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of St Paul, Devonport from 1865 to 1867, and assistant-master at Plymouth Grammar School. From 1867 to 1874 he was curate of Charles Church, Plymouth, Devon. He was

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of West Leigh, Devon from 1874 to 1892, and vicar of Radford Semele from 1892 to 1909. In 1911 he was living at Leamington where he died in 1922. Telwall translated

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in Clark's

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(Vols. I. and III.).

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19th-century English Anglican priests 20th-century English Anglican priests 1834 births 1922 deaths Latin–English translators Alumni of King's College London {{Christian-clergy-stub