William Weston Elwes (1845–1901)Obituary The Times (London, England), Monday, 24 June 1901; p. 8; Issue 36489 was an Anglican Archdeacon in IndiaNLS in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.NLS
Elwes was born in Lexden and educated at Ipswich School. He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1867;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 > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. ii Chalmers – Fytche (1944) p. 418 and was ordained in 1868.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1898 p. 428: London, Horace Cox, 1898 After a curacy in Tunbridge Wells he went as a Chaplain to Madras. He served at Vizagapatam, Trichinopoly, Coimbatore and Ootacamund. He was Archdeacon of Madras from 1893 to 1900.
He died on 22 May 1901: his son Frederick Fenn Elwes, was Principal of the Medical College, Madras.Lieut.-Col. F. F. Elwes. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 26 June 1962; p. 14; Issue 55427
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