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Charles Ernest Escreet (20 February 1852 – 3 March 1919)
[1] was an
Anglican
priest: the
Archdeacon of Lewisham from 1906 to 1919.
Life
Escreet was educated at
Tonbridge School and
Wadham College, Oxford.
[2] He was
ordained in 1875
[3] and began his career with
curacies at
Barham and
Battersea.
He was
Vicar of St Andrew's,
Stockwell from 1882 to 1892;
Rector of
Woolwich from 1892 to 1909. Whilst he was there he helped create the
British Hospital for Mothers and Babies, an important centre for maternity care and midwifery training, in
Wood Street. It opened in May 1905 due to his efforts in assisting
Alice Gregory, Leila Parnell and Maud Cashmere.
[4]
Escreet was the
Vicar of the Church of the Ascension,
Blackheath from 1909 to 1917.
[5]
In 1913 he co-officiated at the funeral of
Emily Davison, the
suffragette who had died under the king's horse at the Epsom Derby.
[6] His co-officiants were
Claude Hinscliff, founder of the
Church League for Women's Suffrage, and Charles Baumgarten, vicar of
St. George's, Bloomsbury, where the service was held.
[7]
References
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^ "Archdeacon Escreet."
The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Mar 04, 1919; pg. 12; Issue 42039
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^ "University Intelligence."
The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jun 08, 1878; pg. 12; Issue 29276
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^ Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991
ISBN
071363457X
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^ June Hannam, ‘Gregory, Alice Sophia (1867–1946)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
accessed 29 April 2017
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^
The Clergy List London, Kelly's, 1913
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^ Street, Peter.
"Death on the path to suffrage". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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^ Elizabeth Crawford (2 September 2003).
The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928. Routledge. pp. 475–.
ISBN
1-135-43401-8.
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Office holders |
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Christopher Chessun,
Bishop of Southwark
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Rosemarie Mallett, area
Bishop of Croydon
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Martin Gainsborough, area
Bishop of Kingston
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Alastair Cutting, area
Bishop-designate of Woolwich and
Archdeacon of Lewisham and Greenwich
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AEO:
Jonathan Baker,
Bishop suffragan of Fulham &
Rob Munro,
Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet
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Mark Oakley,
Dean of Southwark
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Simon Gates,
Archdeacon of Lambeth
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John Kiddle,
Archdeacon of Wandsworth
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Moira Astin,
Archdeacon of Reigate
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Jonathan Sedgwick,
Archdeacon of Southwark
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Greg Prior,
Archdeacon of Croydon
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