Edward Fortescue

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Edward Bowles Knottesford-Fortescue^[1]^[2]^{[N 1]} was an Anglican priest in the 19th century.

He was born in Stoke-on-Trent in 1816 and educated at Wadham College, Oxford^[3] and ordained in 1840. After a curacy in Billesley he became the incumbent at Wilmcote. In 1851 he became Provost of St Ninian’s Cathedral, Perth,^[4] a post he held for twenty years.

He died on 18 August 1877.^[5]

Notes

↑ Fortescue may have used each surname separately at different points in his life.

↑ St Ninian's Cathedral – The Episcopate of Patrick Torry
↑ fortescue.org – Edward Bowles Knottesford Fortescue of Alveston
↑ UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE, The Standard (London, England), Friday, 3rd June, 1842; Issue 5586. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
↑ ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
↑ Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries . The Standard (London, England), Wednesday, August 22, 1877; pg. [1]; Issue 16561. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.

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Persondata
Name	Fortescue, Edward Bowles Knottesford
Alternative names	Knottesford Fortescue, Edward Bowles
Short description	Provost of St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth
Date of birth	1816
Place of birth
Date of death	1877
Place of death

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