Background
Andrews was born in Epping, near London, the fifth of eleven children of solicitor Richard Bullock Andrews senior
Andrews was born in Epping, near London, the fifth of eleven children of solicitor Richard Bullock Andrews senior
Radley College.
After a few years preparing for a law degree he changed his mind and started training for the ministry at Radley College, near Oxford, though he was a sickly youth and little hope was held for his surviving long enough to take orders. He began his church career as a catechist at Balhannah and Woodside, supervised by Dean Farrell, Bishop Short being absent in England. On June 29, 1855 (Street Peter"s Day), he was ordained deacon in Holy Trinity church, Adelaide, by Bishop Short, and served as curate of Balhannah and Woodside under the Review
John Fulford, of Blakiston.
In 1856 he was ordained a priest and was posted to a missionary position in the South-East, serving Naracoorte, Penola, Guichen Bay, and Mount Gambier districts, which meant a lot of travel by horseback, a severe trial for one without a strong constitution. At that time, although the farms were extremely lucrative, conditions were primitive and Church facilities almost non-existent.
15 months later, Andrews was forced to relinquish his post by an attack of typhoid, and was posted to Saint James" Church, Blakiston, which served both Mount Barker and Nairne, replacing Review Fulford. Andrews served there for six years, then five years at Saint Michael"s, Mitcham, then in 1868 returned to Mount Gambier, which had become a thriving town, with a handsome church, schoolroom, and parsonage, largely thanks to the work of Doctor William Browne.
He was there five years before returning to the city, to take Saint Bartholomew"s, Norwood in 1874.
In 1881 he was made honorary Canon, and full canon of Street Peter"s Cathedral in 1890. He served the diocese in this capacity until his retirement in 1914. He acted as rural dean of Kensington from 1889 to 1892, and again from 1895 to 1902.
From 1902 to 1907 he was rural dean of the suburbs of Adelaide.
On his retirement in 1914, he purchased a home "Wonnaminta" in Crafers, where he died. Andrews married Barbara Smith (8 November 1829 – 12 May 1912) at Comaum station on 30 December 1857 during his first stint in the South-East.
Their children were:
William Wallace Andrews (28 May 1859 – 1924), assistant engineer for railway construction, South Australian Railways
Emma Mary Andrews (8 October 1860 – 1920) nursed her father until his death
Alice Margaret (9 February 1862 – ) married Louis Giles (1845–1902), of Medindie, son of William Giles, on 26 November 1884. John Dugald Andrews (9 September 1863 – 12 October 1916), Royal Naval Reserve, commander of the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Co liner Morea.
Died at sea. Barbara Campbell Andrews (2 July 1866 – ) married Review
Arthur Nutting, of Portuguese Augusta
Richard Bullock Andrews (29 May 1868 – November 1954) a legal practitioner of Western Australia
In 1893 a special week-night service was held to commemorate his silver jubilee, when his old friend Archdeacon Dove, preached. On 1 October 1914 a valedictory service was held to honour him and his long and dedicated service. A stained glass window in Saint Bartholomew"s commemorates his ministry there.