Background
POYNTZ, Newdigate was born on November 23, 1842. Son of Captain Newdigate Poyntz, Royal Navy.
POYNTZ, Newdigate was born on November 23, 1842. Son of Captain Newdigate Poyntz, Royal Navy.
Studied at The King’s School, Gloucester. Pembroke College, Oxford.
Ordained Curate of St. Mark’s, Kennington, 1865. Curate at St. Mary’s, Soho. Vicar of Little Drayton, Shropshire, 1876.
Rector of Stone, Starts., and Rural Dean of Trentham, 1885. Rural Dean of Shrewsbury, 1899-1910. Rector of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, 1889-1910. Rector of Sibstone. Leicester, since 1910; Prebendary of Lichfield since 1905; Official of the Royal Chapel, Shrewsbury.
Spouse 1874, Margaret Julia (d. 1909),daughter of Rev. Henry Sweeting of Godmanchester, Hunts.