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| Dealtry, Thomas. Adm. sizar at ST CATHARINE'S, Nov. 11, 1822. Of Rotherhithe. [B. at Knottingley, near Pontefract, in 1795, being a member of the Dealtry family of Lofthouse Hall, near Wakefield, who are said to have been poor.] Mainly self-taught. After leaving school was usher in a school at Doncaster, and tutor in a private family, marrying the sister of his pupil under romantic circumstances in 1819. She died and he married again in 1824. Matric. Michs. 1826; LL.B. (1st Class Law Classes) 1828. Ord. deacon (Ely) June 1, 1828; priest, Nov. 2, 1828. Officiating Minister, St Mary-the-Less, Cambridge, June-Nov. 1828, and at St Giles's and St Peter's churches, July, 1828. His preaching attracted the attention of Charles Simeon who was instrumental in sending him to India, where he was a chaplain in Bengal, 1828-48. In 1835, when still in this office, appointed Archdeacon of Calcutta by Daniel Wilson, Bishop of Calcutta. When home on leave in 1848-9 ministered at St John's, Bedford Row, London. Was for some years Hon. Secretary to the C.M.S. at Calcutta. In 1849, when on the point of retiring from the East India Company's service, nominated as third Bishop of Madras on the recommendation of Bishop Wilson. Consecrated at Lambeth, Dec. 1849, and created D.D. by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Arrived at Madras at the end of Jan. 1850, and landed there under the then usual salute of seventeen guns, enthroned at the Cathedral under the orders of Government, Feb. 2, 1850. 'It is a remarkable fact that so little was thought of the ceremony and of the importance of his enthronement, that very few persons besides the local clergy were present, and no notice was taken of it in the local press. This omission did not trouble him, for he thought very little of either himself.' One of his first innovations at Madras Cathedral was 'to shorten the Sunday morning services to the great joy of the congregation.' After an episcopate lasting nearly 12 years, during which he was responsible for much church building, the Bishop died in Madras, Mar. 4, 1861, aged 65. Buried in the Cathedral burial ground where, on his tomb, it is recorded that 'he laboured in India with singular fidelity and unsparing devotion for more than 30 years.' M.I., Madras Cathedral. Author, The Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ proved from his own discourse, 1830. Father of the next. (D.N.B.; Boase, I. 841-2; G. Mag., 1861, I. 583; J.J. Higginbotham, The Episcopate of Bishop Dealtry.) | Thomas DEALTRY Approx. lifespan: 1795–1824 sizar adm1822:11:11 Of Rotherhithe, [London], b. Knottingley, near Pontefract, [Yorkshire], in1795, being a member of the Dealtry family of Lofthouse Hall, near Wakefield, [Yorkshire], , who are said to have been poor.] Mainly self-taught. After leaving school was Usher in: : school Doncaster, [Yorkshire], , and Tutor in: : private family, Marriedthe sister of his pupil under romantic circumstances in1819 She died and he married again in1824 Matric 1826:10MT: LLB 1st Class Law Classes 1828 Ord. deacon Ely 1828:06:01 Ord. priest 1828:11:02 Officiating Minister: St Mary-the-Less, Officiating Minister: CB, [Cambridgeshire], 1828:06:-:11:, and at St Giles' and St Peter's churches [Cambridgeshire], 1828:07 His preaching attracted the attention of Charles Simeon who was instrumental in sending him to India , , where he was a Chapl. in: : Bengal , India , 1828-48 In 1835, when still in this office, appointed Archdeacon of: : Calcutta by Daniel Wilson, Bishop of Calcutta, [India], When home on leave in1848-49 ministered at St John's, Bedford Row, London , Was for some years Hon. Sec. to: : C.M.S. at Calcutta. In 1849, when on the point of retiring from the East India Company's service, nominated as third Bishop of Madras, [India], on the recommendation of Bishop Wilson. Consecrated at Lambeth 1849:12, and created DD by the Archbishop of Canterbury, [Kent], Arrived Madras, [India], at the end of 1850:01, and landed there under the then usual salute of seventeen guns, enthroned at the Cathedral under the orders of Government 1850:02:02 "It is a remarkable fact that so little was thought of the ceremony and of the importance of his enthronement, that very few persons besides the local clergy were present, and no notice was taken of it in the local press. This omission did not trouble him, for he thought very little of either himself." One of his first innovations at Madras Cathedral was "to shorten the Sunday morning services to the great joy of the congregation." After an episcopate lasting nearly 12 years, during which he was responsible for much church building, the Bishop d. Madras, [India], 1861:03:04 aged 65. bur. in the Cathedral burial ground where, on his tomb, it is recorded that "he laboured in India with singular fidelity and unsparing devotion for more than 30 years." MI Madras Cathedral, Madras, [India], Publ.: The Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ proved from his own discourse 1830 father of Thomas DEALTRY (1843) ( D.N.B.; Boase, I. 841-2; G. Mag 1861, I. 583; J.J. Higginbotham, The Episcopate of Bishop DEALTRY . ) |