John Wood Warter (1806 - 1878)

Born 21 Jan 1806 in Cruckmeole, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Edith May Southey — married 15 Jan 1834 in Great Crosthwaite, Cumberland, England

Descendants

Died 21 Feb 1878 at age 72 in West Tarring, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

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John was born in Cruckmeole, Shropshire, England in 1806. He was the eldest son of Henry de Grey Warter (1770–1853) of Cruckmeole, and his wife (m.1805), Emma Sarah Moore (d. 1863), daughter of William Wood of Marsh Hall and Hanwood, Shropshire.^[1]

He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Christchurch College, Oxford, including religious training to prepare him for a role in the clergy.

From 1830 to 1833 he was chaplain to the English embassy at Copenhagen and spent a lot of time travelling through Scandinavia, immersing himself in its lore and culture.

In 1834, just before his marriage, he was appointed by the archbishop of Canterbury to the vicarage of West Tarring and Durrington, near Worthing in Sussex, a peculiar of the archbishopric, to which the chapelries of Heene and Patching were then annexed. The church there was St Andrews.

The same year he married Edith May Southey, daughter of his good friend Robert Southey, at Great Crosthwaite in Cumberland.^[2] They had 4 children:

• Edith Frances Warter 1836–1863 • m. Rev Herbert Southey White M.A.
• Colonel Henry De Grey Warter 1837–1889 • m. Annetta Louisa Walton (her 2nd), m. in England but 4 children born in India
• Ellen Caroline Warter 1838–1929 • d. unmarried
• John Southey Warter 1840–1866 • Physician, early advocate of case histories

He dedicated himself to researching the history of Tarring and wrote two books on the subject. He was also an editor of his friend and father-in-law, Robert Southey's works.

His wife passed away in 1871.^[3]

He passed away himself in 1878. He is buried with his wife in West Tarring churchyard.

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRC9-WG9 : 19 September 2020), John Wood Warter, 1806.
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2LQ-3BS : 13 March 2020), John Wood Warter, 1834.
3. ↑ "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCN-SLQF : 17 April 2019), Rev John Wood Warter in entry for Edith May Warter, Leamington, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing Leamington, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, 5 Aug 1871, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm .

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZKF-H83
• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Warter,_John_Wood