Background
MOSSE, William George was born on June 1, 1859. Son of late Reverend Henry Moore Mosse, Rector of Heage, Derbyshire, and Anne, daughter of Edward Soresby Cox, of Brailsford Hall, Derbyshire.
MOSSE, William George was born on June 1, 1859. Son of late Reverend Henry Moore Mosse, Rector of Heage, Derbyshire, and Anne, daughter of Edward Soresby Cox, of Brailsford Hall, Derbyshire.
Studied at King’s School, Canterbury. Corpus Cliristi College, Cambridge (Scholar and Exhibitioner). 2nd Class Classical Tripos, 1SS2.
Ran in Inter-Varsity sports, 1883. Won 100 yards for Cambridge. Master of Arts.
Deacon, 1883; priest, 1885. Curate of St. Matthias, Sneinton, 1883-1887. Alvechureh, 1887-1891.
St. George’s, Redditch, 1891 -93. Vicar of the Lickey, Worcestershire, since 1893; Honourable Canon of Birmingham Cathedral, 1909.
Formerly cricket, football, tennis, etc. Now croquet, cycling, and fishing.
Spouse 1891, Edith Lucy,daughter of Rev. D. Edser, late Vicar of St. Giles in the Heath, Devon.