Francis Austin (priest)

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Francis Webster Austin (4 February 1829, Clapham, Surrey – 1905, Abingdon) was an Anglo-Guyanese clergyman, Dean of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown, British Guiana from 1884 until 1890.

Austin was the son of the Rev. Wiltshire Stanton Austin and Dunkin Webster. [1] He was educated at King's College London and Jesus College, Cambridge, gaining his BA in 1855. [2] Ordained deacon in 1856, he was briefly Curate of St Nicholas, Cardiff before emigrating to British Guiana. He married his cousin, Jo Austin, in 1858. [1] Initially Diocesan Registrar he was then successively: Rural Dean of Berbice; [3] Archdeacon of Berbice from 1883 to 1884; and concurrently Archdeacon of Demerara and Dean of Georgetown from 1884 to 1890. [4] Before Austin's appointment, William Piercy Austin, Bishop since 1840, had also served as Dean. [5]

Returning to England Austin became Rector of West Ilsley, Berkshire in 1892. [6] Living in Abingdon in 1904, he died there in 1905. [7]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Descendants of Col. Thomas Austin: Fourth Generation". Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
  2. ↑ "Austin, Francis Webster (ASTN851FW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ↑ Details from Roots Web
  4. ↑ Diocesan History Archived 9 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London, Hamilton & Co, 1889
  6. ↑ 'Ecclesiastical Intelligence', The Times , Wednesday, 7 September 1892, p. 4
  7. ↑ "Descendants of Col. Thomas AUSTIN". Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2008.


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