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Henry Gamble

1859 – 1931

British priest, author, and politician

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Lived 1859 – 1931 (aged 71). Henry Gamble was a British writer and anglican priest.

Henry Reginald Gamble (6 November 1859 – 9 August 1931) was an Anglican priest and author. He was the Dean of Exeter in the Church of England from 1918 to 1931.

Gamble was educated at Oriel College, Oxford and ordained in 1885. He held curacies at All Saints, Molton, Devon St Mark's, Hamilton Terrace and St Andrew's, Wells Street. From 1895 to 1902 he was Vicar of St Botolph's Aldersgate and then Rector of Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, with St Jude's, Sloane Court. An Honorary Chaplain to the King and Select Preacher at Lincoln's Inn, he was a Canon of Westminster and Rector of St John the Evangelist until his appointment to the Deanery. He died in post.

In 1906 he was elected to Chelsea Borough Council as a Municipal Reform Party councillor representing Royal Hospital Ward. He served as Mayor of Chelsea in 1908–09, and was re-elected to the council for a second three-year term in 1909.

He married Helen Maud Isherwood, and had two children: Patrick Henry Noel Gamble and Anthea Rosemary Gamble Carew.

(All the above places and streets except for Molton and Exeter are in London.)

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Oriel College, Oriel College, Oxford
Positions held
Dean of Exeter
Also known as
Henry Reginald Gamble

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Who was Henry Gamble?

British priest, author, and politician (1859-1931)

When was Henry Gamble born?

Henry Gamble was born on 6 November 1859 in Lurgan.

When did Henry Gamble die?

Henry Gamble died on 9 August 1931 in Exeter.

What was Henry Gamble's occupation?

Henry Gamble was a writer and anglican priest.

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Henry Gamble was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Henry Gamble

· Wikidata: Q5721781

· DBpedia: Henry Gamble

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