Ernest Lewis-Crosby

Ernest Henry Cornwall Lewis-Crosby (before 1914 – died 1961) was an Anglican priest^[1] and author.^[2]

He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.^[3] His first post was as a curate at Christ Church, Leeson Park, Dublin.^[4] After this he was head of the Church of Ireland Mission to the Jews then Rector of, successively, Drumcondra, Rathmines(1914–1924) and Stillorgan. In 1938 he became Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, a post he held until his death on 18 May 1961.

He had two sons Francis Gabriel Cornwall (who changed his surname upon inheriting his uncle's homestead) and John Ernest Cornwall Lewis-Crosby who was Secretary of the National Trust of Northern Ireland.

Notes

1. thePeerage.com
2. Among others he wrote “Celtic Churches in the Diocese of Dublin”, 1932; “The Ancient Books of Christ Church Cathedral”, Dublin, 1947; “A Short History of Christ Church Cathedral”, 1949; “The Annals of Christ Church Cathedral”, 1950; “Our Two Cathedrals, from foundation to Reformation”, 1951 > British Library website accessed 12:01 GMT, 18 July 2012
3. "Lewis-Crosby, Very Rev. Ernest Henry Cornwall", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 15 July 2012
4. Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947