The Ven Charles Twining Boyd | |
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| Anglican Archdeacon of Colombo | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Ceylon |
| See | Anglican Diocese of Colombo |
| In office | 1891 — 1901 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 February 1842 |
| Died | 3 May 1914 (aged 72) |
The Ven. Charles Twining Boyd (19 February 1842 [1] - 3 May 1914 [2] ) was Archdeacon of Colombo from 1891 until [3] 1901. [4]
His father was The Ven. William Boyd (1809 - 1893), of University College, Oxford, who was Archdeacon of Craven and Honorary Canon of Ripon from 1860, and his mother was Isabella Twining (1805 - 1880), the eldest daughter of George Twining of Sheen, Surrey. [1] His uncle was the mining industrialist Edward Fenwick Boyd and his aunt Mary married Joseph Stanley Hawks JP DL, Sheriff of Newcastle. [1]
His paternal grandfather was the armigerous banker William Boyd Junior (1773 - 1855), [1] of Newcastle upon Tyne and Burfield Priory, Gloucester, [1] who was a partner in the Newcastle Old Bank. [5] His paternal grandmother was Esther (née Locke) Boyd (1777 - 1818). [1]
He was educated at Rugby School and University College, Oxford. [1] After a curacy in Newbury [6] he was Rector of Princes Risborough from 1877 to 1879. He was Chaplain of St. Peter's Church, Colombo and to the British Armed Forces there from 1879 until his appointment as Archdeacon.[ when? ]