CHAMBERS

Rev. John Charles ( son of John Chambers of The Tything, Worcester, topographer 1780–1839 ). b. The Tything 23 Nov. 1817; ed. at Norwich gr. sch. and Em. coll. Cam., B.A. 1840, M.A. 1843; Tyrwhitt Hebrew scholar 1842; founded the first Sunday schools in Cambridge; C. of Sedbergh, Yorkshire 1842–6; mi ionary priest at Perth 1846–50; canon and chancellor of St. Ninian’s cathedral, Perth 1850–5; V. of St. Mary Magdalene, Harlow 1855–6; Inc. of St. Mary the Virgin, Crown st. Soho, London 1856 to death, this was the first parish in which church guilds were set on foot; warden of House of Charity, Soho Nov. 1856 to death; author of Sermons 1857; Reformation not deformation 1864; The destruction of Sin, being thirteen addre es delivered in Advent 1872 , edited by J. J. Elkington 1874. d. London 21 May 1874.