Charles Gillmore

The Ven Charles Albert Gillmore (1854 2 November, 1939) was Archdeacon of Lahore from 1906[1] to 1908.[2]

He was educated at the London College of Divinity[3] and ordained in 1881.[4] After a Curacy at Holy Trinity, Aldershot he was the Chaplain at Smithills Chapel, Bolton le Moors.[5] Following this he served in the North West Frontier. He served in Amritsar, Peshawar, Murree, Karachi and Sind before his time as officiating Archdeacon.[6] Afterwards he was the Chaplain at Saint-Jean-de-Luz from 1909 to 1915 when he became a Chaplain to the Forces. When peace returned he was Chaplain at Viareggio, Gibraltar and Algeciras before retiring to Westminster in 1927.

He died at Southborough, Kent on 2 November 1939.[7]

Notes

  1. Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jun 28, 1906; pg. 10; Issue 38058
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p 490 Oxford, OUP 1929
  3. ULRLS
  4. ORDINATIONS WINCHESTER The Times (London, England), Thursday, Dec 29, 1881; pg. 6; Issue 30390
  5. Guardian Archive
  6. New Annual Army List
  7. Deaths. The Times (London, England), Monday, Nov 06, 1939; pg. 1; Issue 48455
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Henry Wager Griffith
Archdeacon of Lahore
1906–1908
Succeeded by
Gerald Edward Nicolls


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