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Lionel Cox (priest)

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Lionel Edgar Cox (died 6 December 1945)[1] was an English cleric, Archdeacon of Madras from 1910 to 1922.[2]

Cox was educated at Durham University and Dorchester Missionary College and was ordained in 1894. After a curacy in Kandy he served at Kalutara, Black Town, Vepery[3] and Bangalore.[4] He was also, from 1907 to 1918, Domestic Chaplain to Henry Whitehead, Bishop of Madras.[5]

From 1922 to 1929, Cox was rector of Lyndon, Rutland.[6]

References

  1. ^ Deaths. The Times (London, England), Saturday, 8 December 1945; pg. 1; Issue 50320
  2. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p284: London, OUP, 19129
  3. ^ ECCLESIASTICAL APPOINTMENTS . The Standard (London, England), Thursday, 3 May 1900; pg. 8; Issue 23666.
  4. ^ NLS
  5. ^ "Cox, Lionel Edgar". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 24 February 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ Who was who: a companion to Who's who: containing the biographies of those who died during the period. A. & C. Black. 1967. p. 259.