Background
MITTON, Henry Arthur was born on January 24, 1837. Son of Reverend Canon Mitton, Vicar of St. Paul’s, Manningham.
MITTON, Henry Arthur was born on January 24, 1837. Son of Reverend Canon Mitton, Vicar of St. Paul’s, Manningham.
Studied at Bradford school: Christ’s (College, Cambridge (head of Modern History, University exam., under Sir James Stephen, 1858). Bachelor of Arts 1859. Master of Arts.
Ordained by Bishop of Ripon, 1860. Curate sole charge of Heaton, Bradford, 1860-1864. Incumbent of St. Barnabas’, Heaton, 1864-1868.
Selected by the Bishop of Durham from outside: his own diocese to be Vicar of Bishop-Auckland, 1868. Broke down from fever and overwork, 1874. Appointed by Bishop Baring to Sherburn House, one of the very few ancient leper founda-.
Tions (now Brethren and Sisters) remaining in England. Master of Sherburn House, Durham, since j 1874.
Club: County, Durham.
Angling, pedestrianism.
Spouse 1861, Annie Eliza (d. 1903), daughter of Rev. Theodore Dury, Rector of Westmill, Herts.