Arthur Gwyther

The Venerable Arthur Gwyther M.A.
Born	23 February 1850 Fewston
Died	21 February 1921 Bournemouth
Nationality	English
Education	St John's College, Cambridge
Occupation	Anglican priest
Title	Archdeacon of Demerara
Term	1896-1919

The Ven. Arthur Gwyther[1] (Fewston 23 February 1850 – Bournemouth 21 February 1921) was an Anglican priest in the Caribbean in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[2]

Gwyther was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.[3] He was ordained in 1875. After a curacy in Weybridge he went out to Guyana. He held incumbencies in Wakenaam, Essequibo and Georgetown. He was Archdeacon of Demerara from 1896 to 1919.

References

1. Handbook of British Guiana, 1909
2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908, page 605: published Horace Cox (London) 1908
3. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 VVol. iii. Gabb – Justamond, 1947) p182