LEA

George (son of John Lea, carpet manufacturer). b. Kidder minster 22 Oct. 1804; ed. Wadham coll. Oxf., B.A. 1826, M.A. 1829; C. of Wadding ton, Lincs. 1827–9; P.C. Christ Church, Birmingham 1840–64; preb. of Lich field cath. 1840–64; V. of St. George’s, Edgbaston 1864, resigned 25 March 1883; leader of the evangelical party in Birmingham; author of Memoir of rev. John Davis, rector of St. Clement’s, Worcester 1859; Sermons preached in memory of G. Lea, to which are added his last two sermons 1883. d. Edgbaston 10 May 1883. Edgbastonia , June 1883 pp. 81–3, portrait .