Joseph Barker (priest)
Joseph Barker (b Worcester 23 October 1834 – 1924) was an Anglican priest in South Africa in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1]
Barker was educated at King Charles I School in Kidderminster. He went out to Natal as a missionary. He was ordained in 1862. After a curacy in Ladysmith he was Rector of Umzinto from 1861 to 1887. He was Archdeacon of Durban from 1878 to 1887; then Archdeacon of Maritzburg from 1887 to 1906, combining this with being Vicar of Ladysmith. He was appointed Dean of Maritzburg from 1906.[2]
Barker was married and had a daughter Gertrude Maude Barker, who in 1902 married at Ladysmith to Clarence Meadows Montgomery.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Saxon Lodge
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p74: London, Horace Cox, 1908
- ^ "Marriages". The Times. No. 36890. London. 4 October 1902. p. 1.
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