Eyre Hutson (priest)

Eyre Hutson (1830–1915) was an Anglican priest: most notably Archdeacon of the Virgin Islands from 1885 until his death.

He was born in Barbados on 6 September 1830.[1] He was educated at Codrington College and ordained in 1855.[2] After curacies in Trinidad and Barbados he was Chaplain to the Bishop of Antigua from 1879 until his appointment as Archdeacon with the Rectory of All Saint's, Danish West Indies.

His son Edward was Bishop of Antigua from 1911 until 1936; and Archbishop of the West Indies from 1922.[3] Another son Eyre was Governor of British Honduras 1918 to 1925.[4] A third son John Hutson was President of the Legislative Council of Barbados.[5] His daughter Susan was the mother of grandson Archdeacon of Antigua from 1906 until 1921.[6]

Notes
  1. ‘HUTSON, Ven. Eyre’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 21 Oct 2017
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p739 London, Horace Cox, 1908
  3. Obituary The Archbishop of the West Indies, The Times, London, 23 October 1936; pg. 19; Issue 47513; col B
  4. "Sir Eyre Hutson". Obituaries. The Times (47481). London. 16 September 1936. col C, p. 14.
  5. Sir John Hutson. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Apr 04, 1950; pg. 7; Issue 51657
  6. Deaths. The Times (London, England), Monday,  Jul 11, 1932; pg. 17; Issue 46182


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