This is the biography of a Victorian Parson, the Reverend Henry Thompson. He was born in 1841 and educated at Blackheath and Corpus Christi, Cambridge, before his ordination in 1865. He spent a while teaching at his father's school at Shooters Hill and then served as vicar at Farnham and Aldeburgh in Suffolk. Later, whilst Vicar of Eton in Norfolk, he fought a long legal battle with one of his parishioners which he finally lost at the House of Lords.This is the biography of a Victorian Parson, the Reverend Henry Thompson. He was born in 1841 and educated at Blackheath and Corpus Christi, Cambridge, before his ordination in 1865. He spent a while teaching at his father's school at Shooters Hill and then served as vicar at Farnham and Aldeburgh in Suffolk. Later, whilst Vicar of Eton in Norfolk, he fought a long legal battle with one of his parishioners which he finally lost at the House of Lords.
Written by his daughter Dorothy Thompson.
Sophia's Son-The Story of a Suffolk Parson by Dorothy Thompson c1969 1st Edition
Title: Sophia's SonThe Story of a Suffolk Parson
Author: Dorothy Thompson
Publisher : Terence Dalton Limited
Publication 1969 First Edition
Format: HardbackCondition: White cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine. In a good condition with minimal bumping to a corner and a few marks.It comes with its dust jacket which is a little edgy to the top edge with some light shelf rubbing. Pages are clean with no ink or pencil marks and are illustrated with photographic plates throughout.
Book measures: 22cm x 15cm with 160 pages