Background
Ernest Henry Shears was the ninth son of James Henry Shears (1788-1855), a partner of James Shears and Sons, and Mary Mann (1810-1893).
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Ernest Shears
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Street John"s College; King"s College London.
Career
After being ordained, he went to Natal in South Africa, where he became Archdeacon of Durban (1887-1892). He then returned to England and eventually retired to Stafford, where he died on 20 February 1917. On 14 January 1875 Ernest Shears married Mary Seawell Boulger, by whom he had three children, one of whom, Cuthbert Shears, also entered the Church.
He was a cousin of Review
Augustus Shears and Review Frederick Spurrell.
