Henry Hayes Vowles
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Henry Hayes Vowles (born 26 June 1843 in Bath, England and died 13 November 1905 in Gloucester, England) was an author, theologian and a Wesleyan Minister.
He was the son of Henry Vowles (born 1816) and Mary Yeoman Harding (1812 - 1886). Mary Harding's brother was Joseph Harding (Cheese Mill) inventor of the Cheese Mill which is key to the production of types such as Cheddar Cheese. The Harding family had originally come from Pewsey, Wiltshire.
Henry Hayes Vowles was ordained in 1867. He married Hannah Elizabeth Thistle (1842 - 1902) at Whitby in 1871. In 1881 he was resident at Thornaby, Yorkshire. He went to work in Gloucester in 1895 as Superintendent of the Gloucester Wesleyan Circuit, which post he held for three years. He then went to Guernsey as Chairman of the Channel Islands District. In 1901 he returned to Gloucester as Supernumerary Minister. During his lifetime he also ministered in the following circuits: Nelson, Blackpool, Birmingham, Pembroke, Stockton-on-Tees, Southwark, Gateshead and Barnsley. He was an accomplished Hebrew and Greek scholar and published at least two of his sermons. He served on the Gloucester City Education Committee. In 1901 he was resident at St Peter Port, Guernsey.
It is thought that his father was also a Wesleyan minister and may have been working at Brierley in 1852.
He had seven children: Thomas Hubert Harding Vowles (1872-1946), Alice Thistle Vowles (1874-1928), Mary Yeoman Vowles (born 1875), Henry Hayes Vowles (born 1878), Brenley Mabel Vowles (born 1879), Guy Vowles (1883 - 1936) and Hugh Pembroke Vowles (1885 - 1951).
His brother James Harding Vowles emigrated to Ontario, Canada.
[edit] Publications
His publications include:
- For Ever and Ever: A Popular Study in Hebrew, Greek and English Words published by Swan Sonnenschein & Co (London), 1898. [1]
- Two Sermons. I. King David and Queen Victoria. II. King Lemuel and King Edward published by C. H. Kelly: London, 1901. [2]
[edit] References
Most of the information above has come from a copy of an obituary in an unknown newspaper, presumably from Gloucester
