Background
JAMES, Walter Hill was born on January 12, 1828 in the Close, Exeter. Son of Harry James, solicitor, and Charlotte, 2nd daughter of Reverend W. Jenkins, Vicar of Sidmouth.
JAMES, Walter Hill was born on January 12, 1828 in the Close, Exeter. Son of Harry James, solicitor, and Charlotte, 2nd daughter of Reverend W. Jenkins, Vicar of Sidmouth.
Winchester, 1841-1846. Balliol College, Oxford, 1846-1851 (College Tutor’s Exhibition). Tutor to present Lord Abercromby and his two brothers, 1850-1852.
Deacon to Curacy of Kenwyu and Kea, 1853. Obliged to resign from illhealth, 1855. Priest, 1854; Tutor to 4th son of Lord Monson, 1855-1858.
Curate of Heavitree, 1858. S. Mary Major, Exeter, resigned, 1860. Travelling tutor to late Antony Gibbs of Tyntesfled.
Vicar of Croft, Line., 1860. S. Matthias, Torquay, 1865. Rector of Trevolga, Cornwall, 1866.
Vicar of S. Luke’s, Holbeach, 1870. Rector of Fleet since 1874, and Prebendary of South Searle, in Lincoln Cathedral, since 1902.
Spouse 1873, Ann (d. 1896),daughter of Rev. J. Jerram, Rector of Fleet.