James Hay Upcher (b Wreningham[1] 17 January 1854 – d Harare 17 March 1931)[2] was Archdeacon of Mashonaland[3] from 1925 until his death.[4]
Upcher was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge[5] was ordained deacon in 1877[6] and Priest in 1878.[7] After curacies in Halesworth, Sudbourne, Barnham Broom and Bury St Edmunds he held incumbencies at Sprowston,[8] and Sculthorpe.[9] He was a missionary at St Bernard's Mission, Selukwe from 1923 to 1925;[10] and Priest in charge of St Mary, Hunyani from 1927 until his death.[11]
Notes
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- ^ Archdeacon J. H. Upcher. The Times (London, England), Monday, Mar 23, 1931; pg. 14; Issue 45778
- ^ core.ac
- ^ "In Memoriam James Hay Upcher, Archdeacon of Mashonaland, Diocese of Southern Rhodesia" by his niece Miss Olga Ward, 1931
- ^ 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. vi. Square – Zupitza, (1954) p268
- ^ The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, February 27, 1877; pg. 7; Issue 4940
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p1321 London: Oxford University Press, 1929
- ^ FAREWELL OF THE REV. J. HAY UPCHER. 'The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Standard' (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, November 06, 1888; pg. 8; Issue 5533
- ^ ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), Saturday, May 11, 1889; pg. 2; Issue 4478
- ^ "Maronda Mashanu: The History Of A Community" Steele, M p19: 2017 ISBN 9781326970284
- ^ "Upcher, James Hay". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (JUne 2018 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 9 June 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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