Henry Edwin Savage

The Very Rev Henry Edwin Savage (1855^[1] or 1 September 1854^[2] - 19 April 1939) was an eminent Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th century.^[3]

He was educated at Haileybury and Christ's College, Cambridge.^[2] After this he was elected a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and ordained in 1878.^[4] He began his career with a curacy at St Luke’s, New Chesterton^[5] and was then Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham. Later he held incumbencies at Pelton, West Hartlepool and South Shields^[6] before his elevation to the Deanery of Lichfield Cathedral.^[7] He died on 19 April 1939.^[8] There is a memorial to him within the cathedral.^[9]

References

^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
^ ^a ^b Savage, Henry Edwin in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
^ Gateway to the past
^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
^ Genuki
^ The Times, Thursday, Apr 18, 1895; pg. 4; Issue 34554; col C Ecclesiastical intelligence
^ British History ON-Line
^ The Times, Thursday, Apr 20, 1939; pg. 19; Issue 48284; col B Obituary Dr. H. E. Savage
^ The Staffordshire Encyclopaedia

Office holders in the Diocese of Lichfield

The Bishop of Lichfield • The Bishop of Shrewsbury • The Bishop of Stafford • The Bishop of Wolverhampton • The Dean of Lichfield • The Archdeacon of Lichfield • The Archdeacon of Salop • The Archdeacon of Stoke-on-Trent • The Archdeacon of Walsall •

Deans of Lichfield since 1908

Henry Edwin Savage • Frederic Athelwold Iremonger • William Stuart MacPherson • George Edward Holderness • John Harley Lang • Nicholas Thomas Wright • Michael Leslie Yorke • Adrian John Dorber •

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Name	Savage, Henry Edwin
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Date of birth	1855
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Date of death	19 April 1939
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