Samuel Stead was Archdeacon of Bombay from 1878 until 1886."The India List and India Office List" 1905 p619
Stead was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and ordained in 1861."The Clerical Directory" London, Cockford's, 1872 p170 He served as Chaplain at Karachi, Sholapur, Belgaum and Poona until his appointment as Archdeacon.
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