Background
SYERS, Henry S. was born on July 31, 1838 in Everton, Liverpool. Son of William Hugh Lawson and Anne Syers.
SYERS, Henry S. was born on July 31, 1838 in Everton, Liverpool. Son of William Hugh Lawson and Anne Syers.
Studied at King’s College School, London. Brasenose College, Oxford. Master of Arts, Bachelor of Civil Law Student of tlie Inner Temple, and passed examination of Council of Legal Education of Inns of Court, 1803.
Lieutenant, and Musketry Instructor (1st class Certif.
Hythe). 9th West. Middlesex Volunteer Corps.
Ordained Deacon, 1864. Priest, 1865; Curate of Banbury and Summertown, Oxford, 1864-1869. Vicar of Syston, Leicester, 1869-1875.
Vicar of Peterborough, 1875-1891.
Rector of Bamack, Northamptonshire, 1891-1900. Rural Dean of Peterborough I. and World War II, 1888- 1900.
Chaplain to the Mayor of Paddington, 1903 and 1904-1905. Honourable Canon ol Peterborough Cathedral.
Vicar of Saint Saviour’s, Paddington, Diocese of London.
Spouse 1866, Emily,daughter of Reverend Joseph Cuming, sometime Rector oi Graveley, Hertfordshire.