Henry Frederick Rivers
| Revd. Henry Frederick Rivers MA | |||||||
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| Born | 1830 | ||||||
| Died | 1911 | ||||||
| Residence | Sydney Villa, Luton, Chatham | ||||||
| Occupation | church | ||||||
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brother in law of James Hunt, and father of W.H.R. Rivers
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Rivers was born in 1864 at Constitution Hill, Chatham, Kent, son of Elizabeth Hunt (16 October 1834 – 13 November 1897) and Henry Frederick Rivers (7 January 1830 – 9 December 1911).
Henry Rivers followed many family traditions in being educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and entering the church.[1] Having earned his Bachelor of Arts in 1857, he was ordained as a Church of England priest in 1858,[1] a career that would span almost 50 years until, in 1904, he was forced to tender his resignation due to "infirmities of sight and memory".[3]
In 1863, having obtained a curacy at Chatham in addition to a chaplain's post, Henry Rivers was in a position to marry Elizabeth Hunt who was living with her brother James in Hastings, not far from Chatham ...Hunt's speech therapy practise was passed onto Hunt's brother-in-law, Henry Rivers, who had been working with him for some time.[7] With the practise came many of Hunt's established patients, most notably The Reverend Charles L. Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) who had been a regular visitor to Ore House
Born to Lieutenant William Rivers, R.N., and his wife, stationed at Deptford,[1] Henry Frederick Rivers followed many family traditions in being educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and entering the church.[1] Having earned his Bachelor of Arts in 1857, he was ordained as a Church of England priest in 1858,[1] and had a career that would span almost 50 years. In 1904, he was forced to tender his resignation due to "infirmities of sight and memory".[3]
In 1863, having obtained a curacy at Chatham in addition to a chaplaincy of the Medway Union, Henry Rivers was sufficiently established to marry Elizabeth Hunt, who was living with her brother James in Hastings, not far from Chatham.[1] He was later appointed to curacies in Kent at St Mary's, Chatham (1863-9), Tudeley (1877-80) and Offham (1880-9), and subsequently as Vicar of St Faith's, Maidstone from 1889-1904.
