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Pendleton, born on 13 September 1818, was educated at the university of Ghent and at Saint Aidan"s College, Birkenhead.
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Frederick Pendleton
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After being ordained in the diocese of Winchester, he served as curate of Saint Martin"s, Guernsey, from December 1849 to June 1851, and as senior curate of Saint Helier, Jersey, from August 1851 to July 1853. He was consular chaplain to the British residents at Montevideo, Uruguay from 6 May 1854 to 31 December 1858. They were followed in 1858 by about a hundred more, when the whole party settled at Florida, about sixty miles from the city.
The Piedmontese Waldesian settlement prospered in the department (district) of Colonia, a few miles west of Montevideo where the town of "Colonia Valdense" can now be foundation
In 1857 a visitation of yellow fever swept over Monte Video, and Pendleton"s services during the crisis were acknowledged by the French government, which granted him a gold medal. A similar recognition followed him from the Italian government.
From 1863 to 31 December 1868 he was chaplain to the British residents at Florence. He resided at the Casa Fumi, Porta Romana, Florence, until 1876, when he removed to Sydenham, Kent.
There he served as curate of Street Bartholomew"s Church till 1879.
He was then curate of Ampthill, Bedfordshire, for two years, and finally became rector of Street Sampson"s, Guernsey, in 1882. He died at Street Sampson"s rectory, Guernsey, on 13 September 1888. He wrote Lettres Pastorales in 1851, and published various sermons in English and French between 1852 and 1868.
