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Description: | John Reynolds obtained his ministry in Romsey in 1818, aged 36 years. He had had an eventful life. Educated at Oriel College, Oxford, he served in the War and later Home Offices, became private secretary to the Duke of Portland, married against his father's wishes, was disinherited and banished to America (where he worked in the British Embassy in Washington), returned to England where, converted to Congregationalism, he became headmaster of Leaf Square Grammar School, Pendleton and held ministries in Salford and Chester before coming to Romsey. He left Romsey in 1846 under unexplained circumstances, later to become minister at Halstead in Essex. He died in 1862.
A powerful preacher, he became Chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales in 1843.
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Stirling, Ian. 1974. 'The Church by the Arch', p.16-20. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Subjects: | John Reynolds Congregationalism United Reformed Church nonconformity Abbey United Reformed Church The Church by the Arch portrait | Temporal: | start=1828-01-01; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Westley and Davis | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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