John Mee
British clergyman, briefly Dean of Grahamstown, latterly rector of Westbourne
About John Mee
Lived 1824 – 1883 (aged 58–59). John Mee was a British clergyman.
John Mee (3 May 1824 in Nottingham – 19 September 1883 in Fort William) was the inaugural Dean of Grahamstown in South Africa.
He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge and ordained in 1849. His first post was a curacy at All Saints, Derby. He was the incumbent at Riddings from 1850 to 1854 when he went with the CMS to South Africa. On his return to England he was at St Jude, Southwark from 1864 to 1871; and after that St John the Baptist's Church, Westbourne from then until his death.
He was married twice; first to Eleanor Flower of Derby; their son was the Oxford clergyman, composer and author on musical subjects John Henry Mee. He married his second wife, Ellen Mary Marten, on 26 April 1866 at St. Thomas', Upper Clapton.
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Who was John Mee?
British clergyman, briefly Dean of Grahamstown, latterly rector of Westbourne (1824-1883)
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John Mee was born in 1824 in Nottingham.
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John Mee died in 1883 in Fort William.
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John Mee was a clergyman.
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