Alexander Davis Mathews, D.D. (7 March 1840 – 23 March 1895) was Archdeacon of Mauritius from 1879 until his death.
Davis was born in Surrey and was educated at St John's College, Cambridge;Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. ii Chalmers – Fytche (1944) p358 and ordained in 1862.'Multiple News Items' The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, 22 December 1862; pg. 6; Issue 27772. After curacies in Denmark Hill and Islington he went to Mauritius as Chaplain to the Bishop. Returning to England he served further curacies at Gosfield and Hanover Square.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1885 p402: London, Horace Cox, 1885 From 1869 to 1873 he was a Lecturer at St Aidan's College, Birkenhead. He again served in Mauritius from 1874: successively at Port Louis, Vacoas and Black River. He died in Mauritius.
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