Mervyn Evers
The Ven Mervyn Saxelbye Evers, MC was Archdeacon of Lahore from 1940 to 1944.[1]
He was educated at Clare College, Cambridge and ordained in 1914.[2] His first post was as a Curate at St Matthew, Hull after which he was a Chaplain[3] to the Forces from 1914 to[4] 1919.[5] He was Curate of All Saints, Northampton from 1919 to 1920 and Boys’ School Secretary for the Church Mission Society from 1920[6] to 1923 then Curate of St Matthew, West Ham from 1923 to 1924. He served the church in the North Western Frontier Province from 1924 to 1944: he was at Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Quetta, Waziristan, Ambala and Shimla before his years as Archdeacon; and at Boroughbridge, Guestling and Rye afterwards.
Notes
- Ecclesiastical News The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jan 12, 1944; pg. 7; Issue 49751
- Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 p310: London, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- Discover Leamington Spa
- London Gazette
- Edinburgh Gazette
- ”Notes of a Missionary Talk to Confirmees” Evers, M.S: London, Church Mission Society, 1920
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| Preceded by Robert Cecil Sylvester Devenish |
Archdeacon of Lahore 1940–1944 |
Succeeded by George Laurence |
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