Person: Bailey, Benjamin (1815 - 1815)

• Comments

  Not university educated. Son of Joseph and Martha; born Dewsbury, Yorks. Nov. 1791; worked in wool trade. Educated to be missionary by two local evangelical clergy; ordained deacon 6 Aug. 1815; priest 17 Dec. 1815; curate Harewood, Yorks. Missionary (CMS) to Kerala, India for 34 years; founded Kottayam mission; lexicographer, translator, architect. Returned to England for sake of his health in 1856; rector of Sheinton, Salop and Rural Dean of Condover, to his his death 3 Apr. 1871.
  
  Material on his life at www.BenjaminBaileyFoundation.org and www.academia.edu/32378606/Benjamin_Bailey_a_brief_biographical_sketch.
  
  (Often confused in online sites with one of same name born same year, also CMS missionary to Ceylon (CCEd ID 4467)

Education Events

• lit.

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Bailey, Benjamin	06/08/1815	lit.		View
  Ord	Bailey, Benjamin	17/12/1815	lit.		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 06/08/1815 (Vernon (Harcourt), Edward Venables/York 1808-1847)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Bailey, Benjamin	06/08/1815	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 17/12/1815 (Vernon (Harcourt), Edward Venables/York 1808-1847)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Bailey, Benjamin	17/12/1815	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Curate : Harewood (06/08/1815 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Bailey, Benjamin	06/08/1815	Curate	Licensing	Harewood/	View