AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by the Anglican Priest and Author WILLIAM CHAMPNEYS who served as Dean of Lichfield from 1868.

Champneys, William Weldon (1807-1875). Anglican priest and author who served as Dean of Lichfield.

Published by White Chapel, February 8, 1860., 1860

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- Two pages, approximately 40 words penned on both sides of 6-3/4 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide creamy white paper. Champneys writes that he is "about to leave my present Parrish after a ministry of nearly twenty three years." Signed "W.W. Champneys". Folded for mailing with some minor creases, the letter was once apparently mounted into an album with remnants of paper adhering to the top edge of the second page slightly touching the top of two letters. Good. The Anglican priest and author William Weldon Champneys (1807-1875) served as Dean of Lichfield from 1868 until his death in 1875. Ordained as curate of Dorchester on Thames near Oxford, he soon transferred to the curacy of St. Ebbe's Church and was admitted a fellow of Oxford College. He was appointed rector of St. Mary's in Whitechapel in 1837 and was responsible for seeing to the building of three new churches as well as erecting schools for boys and girls. He also saw to the creation of a special school for infants and, as many of the poor did not have suitable clothing, opened one of the first "ragged schools" in the metropolis. Champneys was one of the originators of the Church of England's Young Men's Society and of a local association for the health and comfort of the industrial class. He was appointed Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral in 1851. He authored several books including "The Path of a Sunbeam", "The Spirit of the World", "Parish Work" and "Things New and Old", among others. Seller Inventory # 96465

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Title: AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by the Anglican ...

Publisher: White Chapel, February 8, 1860.

Publication Date: 1860

Condition: Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)