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Henry Dison Buswell
[1] (1839-1940) was a
long lived
Anglican
Archdeacon .
[2]
Hobbs was educated at the
Church Missionary Society College, Islington and
ordained deacon in 1862 and priest in 1863.
[3] He served in
Ceylon ,
[4]
Mauritius ,
[5]
Réunion and the
Seychelles , where he was
Archdeacon from 1895 to 1913.
[6] While in Mauritius, he was responsible for the establishment of
St Paul's Theological College .
[7]
He died on 17 March 1940 aged 101.
[8]
References
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Lexpress
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Trove
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Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p. 439 London: Oxford University Press, 1929
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rootsweb
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CMS archives
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"Buswell, Ven. Henry Dison" , Who Was Who , A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014, accessed 24 October 2017 (subscription required)
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"Diocese of Mauritius: History" . Retrieved 11 May 2021 .
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"Obituaries: Archdeacon H. D. Buswell" .
The Times . No. 48568. London, England. 19 March 1940. p. 11. Retrieved 18 March 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.