Rev. Thomas Lord

[bowleaj]

Hi

I am looking for the parents and wives/marriage info of Thomas Lord b. 22-4-1808 in Cowper's Olney. I'm told he had three wives (the 2nd Elisabeth he was married to for over 50 years). He became a Minister in 1834 died in 1912 in Horncastle.

I've done searches through census and familysearch data without any success.

I'd be very grateful if anyone could assist!

[hanes teulu]

The Times Sat August 22 1908, page 11, carries an obituary to The Rev Thomas Lord. Can't view it on line (Times Copyright).

He features in earlier issues of The Times on reaching his 100th birthday, including his receiving a telegram from the King. Can provide details.

A Times article on April 23 1908 records "THE ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS - At the afternoon session a telegram was ordered to be sent to the Rev Thomas Lord, of Horncastle, who that day celebrated his 100th birthday. Mr Lord became a total abstainer while working at Northampton many years ago".

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[hanes teulu]

The Penny Illustrated Paper and Illustrated Times, Saturday August 29, 1908

Below a "picture" of a Minister in a pulpit, finger raised -

"DEATH OF A CENTERIAN MINISTER - The Rev Thomas Lord who died last week at the age of a hundred had preached over five thousand sermons. On his hundredth birthday, on April 22 last, Mr Lord received, through Lord Knollys, a telegram of congratulations from the King"

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[hanes teulu]

1841 HO107 802 14/10 13
1851 HO107 1745 27 4
1861 RG09 959 60 17
1871 RG10 1447 15 23
1881 RG11 2852 85 39
1891 RG12 2274 99 38
1901 RG13 3069 71 17

Thomas and his wife Elizabeth appear 1841, '51, '61, '71 and '81, Thomas only 1891 and 1901. In 1881 Thomas and Elizabeth were in West Bromwich

Death FreeBMD Elizabeth Lord, Mar 1889, age 78, West Bromwich, 6b 510
Marriage FreeBMD Thomas Lord, Jun 1892, West Bromwich, 6b 1249. On the same Page Mary Eliza Birch, Ellen Ruth Buxton
Death FreeBMD Mary Eliza Lord, Mar 1899, age 69, West Bromwich, 6b 553

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[toni*]

Lambeth Palace have details of all Anglican clergymen
http://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/

 

[hanes teulu]

toni*

Thomas was a Congregationalist Minister.
Wd this be covered by Lambeth records - never sure of my denominations?

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[behindthefrogs]

No Lambeth is CofE.

Try this site for Congregational Ministers:

http://surman.english.qmul.ac.uk/

If you find out which Northampton Congregational Churches he was involved with PM me as I know quite a lot of the history of some of them.  Northamptonshire was the heart of congregationalism and so there were many churches.  Almost every small village had a Congregational chapel.

David

[hanes teulu]

Thanks for the confirmation. I had been looking at Wellingborough Congregationalist - Thomas was in Wollaston in 1841 census - as a possible source. Also Congregationalists in the Brigstock area - he was there on the 1851 census.

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[behindthefrogs]

Having looked at the Sulman Index your man appears to be there.  It looks as though you could usefully email them with a correction as to his date of death.

The reference to Castle Hill, I think is to Dodderidge Castle Hill Church where it looks as though there is a memorial to him.   This church which was one of, if not the oldest congregational churches in Northampton still exists but is now called the Castle Hill United Reformed Church. The Congregational and Presbetarian Churches merged in the late 1960s to form the United Reformed Church.

I don't know the Wollaston Church but I did go to the Flore one with a youth preaching team in the 1950s.  However I have no memory of it other than it being a small village chapel and that there were more of us than people in the congregation

David