Vincent Shortland
Vincent Shortland (10 May 1803 in Oxfordshire – 6 November 1880 in St Helier) was an Anglican archdeacon in India in the mid-19th century.[1]
Shortland was educated at Winchester College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge[2] and ordained in 1832. He went as a chaplain to the East India Company; and served at Trichinopoly, Bellary, Bangalore, Quilon, and Madras- where he was archdeacon from 1847 to 1859.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ The Times (London, England), Monday, 4 December 1854; pg. 8; Issue 21915. (366 words) Category: Letters to the Editor
- ^ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. v. Pace – Spyers, (1953) p502
- ^ India The Times (London, England), Saturday, 24 December 1859; pg. 7; Issue 23498.
