Charles Ovenden

Charles Ovenden
Born	Charles Thomas Ovenden September 11, 1846 Enniskillen, County Fermanagh
Died	9 July 1924 (aged 77) Earlscliffe, Baily, County Dublin
Church	Anglican

Charles Thomas Ovenden (11 September 1846 - 9 July 1924)^[1] was an Irish Anglican priest ^[2] and author.^[3] He was Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin in the Church of Ireland in the first quarter of the 20th century.^[4]

Born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland^[5] he was educated at the Portora Royal School, Enniskillen and Trinity College, Dublin. Ordained in 1870,^[6] his first position was as a curate at Magdalene Church, Belfast. Later he was Rector of Dunluce, County Antrim and then Succentor at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. He was Rector of Portrush from 1884 to 1886 when he became Precentor of Clogher.^[7] In 1903 he became Dean of Clogher^[8] before moving to Dublin in 1911.^[9] During World War I he protested the German submarine actions and while the Dean of St. Patrick's Church was quoted by the Telegraph as saying that he prays with all heart "that [the German] knvasish tricks might be confounded."^[10]

He married Isabella Mary Robinson in 1871, they had one daughter, Florence Irene Harriet, and also custody of Charles's neice Isabella Gertrude Ovenden.^[11]

Bibliography

Notes

1. The Times 1924, p. 16
2. Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 052156350X, 9780521563505
3. Amongst others he wrote "To Whom shall we go?", 1902; "The Church Navvy", 1903; "The Enthusiasm of Christianity", 1904; "Problems in Life and Religion", 1906; "Deep Questions", 1907; and "Modern Criticism of the Holy Scriptures", 1913 > British Library website accessed 19:47 GMT 28 February 2011
4. New Dean Of St. Patrick's The Times Thursday, Jul 27, 1911; pg. 4; Issue 39648; col C
5. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007, ISBN 9780199540877
6. ORDINATION SERVICES IN HOLYWOOD PARISH CHURCH .The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Monday, September 26, 1870; Issue 54827
7. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
8. Cathedrals in the Clogher Diocese
9. "A New History of Ireland” by Theodore William Moody, F. X. Martin, Francis John Byrne, Art Cosgrove: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0198217455
10. The Daily Telegraph 1915, p. 9
11. Unknown. "Earlscliffe Residents 1922 to 1930". The Robinson Garden at Earlscliffe, Baily, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

References

• The Daily Telegraph (April 16, 1915). "Their Knavish Tricks". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Archived from the original on April 16, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
• The Times (July 11, 1924). "The Dean Of St. Patrick's.; Issue 43701; col E". The Times (London). ISSN 0140-0460.