Background
WRIGHT, Arthur was born in 1831 in Wrangle, near Boston, Company Lincoln. Son of Reverend Thomas Bailey Wright, Vicar of Wrangle, and Henrietta Weekes Wright, son of Sir John Franklin, the Arctic navigator.
WRIGHT, Arthur was born in 1831 in Wrangle, near Boston, Company Lincoln. Son of Reverend Thomas Bailey Wright, Vicar of Wrangle, and Henrietta Weekes Wright, son of Sir John Franklin, the Arctic navigator.
Studied at St. John s College Cambridge Scholar and Exhibitioner. 2nd class Classical Tripos, 1853. Master of Arts.
Curate of South Ormsby, 1851. Vicar of Welton le Marsh, 1857. Rector of Gunby St. Peter, 1866.
Rural Dean of Candleshoe, 2nd Div. 1871; Justice of the Peace for Parts of Lindsey, 1879. Chairman Homcastle Bench.
Late Vice-Chairman Horn castle Board of Guardians, 1880. Governor of Homcastle Grammar School, 1874. Rector of Coningsby, 1873; Prebendary of Melton Ross with Scamblesby in Lincoln Cathedral, 1875; Treasurer Line. Diocese Conf. 1875; Rural Dean of Gartree, 1890; Surrogate, 1892.