Folliott Sandford (priest)
The Ven Folliott George Sandford (26 April 1861 in Sheffield – 14 July 1945 in Tickhill[1][2]) was the inaugural Archdeacon of Doncaster.[3]
He was born into an ecclesiastical family[4] and educated at Sheffield Collegiate School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[5] He was ordained in 1884 and his first post was as a Curate at Sheffield Parish Church. In 1888 he married Rosamond Mary Blakelock[6] and also became Rector of Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York.[7] He became Vicar of St Andrew's Sharrow in 1893;[8] and Vicar and Rural Dean of Huddersfield in 1903. He was Chaplain to the 2nd Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment; from 1903 to 1905; Chaplain to the Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons from 1905 onwards He was Vicar of Doncaster from 1905 to[9] 1928; Rural Dean of Doncaster from 1910 to 1919; Prebendary of Dunnington[10] in York Minster from 1909 to 1914; Archdeacon of Doncaster from 1913 to 1941 and Chaplain to the Corporation of Doncaster during the same period; and an Honorary Canon of Sheffield Cathedral from 1914.
References[edit]
- ^ Tickhill History Society
- ^ Deaths. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jul 17, 1945; pg. 1; Issue 50196
- ^ "Doncaster History". Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ His father was The Rev George Sandford, MA, sometime Vicar of Ecclesall > ‘SANDFORD, Ven. Folliott George’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Oct 2012 accessed 10 Oct 2013
- ^ UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE The Leeds Mercury Leeds, England), Monday, January 28, 1884; Issue 14291
- ^ MARRIAGE OF THE REV. F. G. SANDFORD The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent (Sheffield, England), Wednesday, June 13, 1888; pg. 5; Issue 10541
- ^ History of York
- ^ LOCAL INTELLIGENCE The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent (Sheffield, England), Tuesday, February 14, 1893; pg. 7; Issue 12010
- ^ Fifty years of Sheffield Church Life
- ^ London Gazette