Background
BRITTAIN, Canon Arthur Henry Barrett was born on September 21, 1854. 7th son of late Reverend Charles Brittain, and Maria, daughter of Frank Hill.
BRITTAIN, Canon Arthur Henry Barrett was born on September 21, 1854. 7th son of late Reverend Charles Brittain, and Maria, daughter of Frank Hill.
Studied at King Edwards School, Birmingham. St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. Master of Arts.
Ordained Curate of Wolstanton, 1880. Founder and first head of St. Augustine’s Mission, Fulham. Senior chaplain, His (or Her) Majesty Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment, Madras.
Canon of Madras Cathedral. Editor Madras Diocesan Magazine, 1903 07. Acting Archdeacon of Madras and Bishop’s Commissary.
Founder of the Diocesan Soldiers’ Institutes at Secunderabad and St. Thomas’s Mount. Secretary of the Anglican Third Order. Vicar of Whittlebury-cum-Silverstone, 1909.