William Emery (priest)

Rev. Canon William Emery (2 February 1825 – 14 December 1910) was an Anglican priest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries,^[1] who has been labelled the 'father' of Church Congress.^[2]

Life

William Emery was born in London to William Emery of Hungerford Market, a feltmaker, and Mary Anne Thompson. He was educated at the City of London School, where he was the first boy to enter the new school in 1837 and became the first Times scholar at Cambridge. Admitted to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1843, he graduated BA as 5th Wrangler in 1847.^[2] He was ordained in 1849 and was Fellow, Dean, Bursar and Tutor of his old college until 1865.

In his efforts of the 1850s to revive Convocation, Emery had an ally in the lay activist and banker Henry Hoare (1807–1866).^[3]

From 1864 until 1907 he was Archdeacon of Ely,^[4] marrying Fanny Maria, daughter of Sir Antonio Brady in 1865. Emery had been present at the first meeting of the Church Congress in 1861, where he spoke on free church seats, diocesan associations for increasing benefices for the endowment of poor benefices, and church rates. In 1869 he was appointed permanent Secretary of the Congress, and by 1907 had been present at every one of the first 47 Congresses.^[2]

He died in 1910, at Ely.^[5]

Works

Church organization and efficient ministry : the primary charge, 1866
New burial act and church legislation : warnings and encouragements: a charge, 1880
Free Education Act, 1891 : full text of the act, with a popular explanation of its bearings upon our voluntary schools, 1891

Notes

^ Who was Who 1897–2007. London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
^ ^a ^b ^c "Emery, William (EMRY843W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Burns, Arthur. "Emery, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
^ 'Canon Emery. (Obituaries)', The Times, Thursday, Dec 15, 1910; pg. 11; Issue 39456; col C

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[whoswho-1] Who was Who 1897–2007. London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7

[Venn-2] "Emery, William (EMRY843W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[3] Burns, Arthur. "Emery, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[4] "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889

[5] 'Canon Emery. (Obituaries)', The Times, Thursday, Dec 15, 1910; pg. 11; Issue 39456; col C

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v t e Archdeacons of Ely and of Cambridge
High Medieval (Ely)	Nicholas William Brito William of Lavington Richard FitzNeal Richard Barre Stephen Ridel Adam de Tilneia Giles Robert of Leicester Nicholas of Ely John de Balsham Ralph Walpole John de Oseville Ralph de Foderingeye
Late Medieval (Ely)	Adam Ralph de Fodringhey (again) William Cardinal de Testa Gilbert de Bruer Richard de Bentworth John de Ufford Gaillard Cardinal de la Motte Stephen de Ketelbergh Bernard de Caulason James de Beaufort Nicholas Cardinal Roselli de Tarragona Androynus Cardinal de la Roche Edward Burnell John Crischirch Thomas de Pattesele Thomas Dalby Thomas Ferriby Richard Clifford Adam Mottrum John Welbourne John Metford Richard Wetheryngesete John Stokes Richard Bole Richard Robinson Thomas Morton
Modern (Ely)	Thomas Alcock Nicholas Hawkins Thomas Thirlby Richard Cox Henry Cole John Boxall John Warner Robert Wisdom John Parker John Palmer Robert Tinley Daniel Wigmore Edmund Mapletoft Bernard Hale Thomas Wren Barnabas Oley William Saywell Richard Bentley Robert Eyton Charles Plumptre Richard Watson Henry Browne Charles Hardwick William Emery William Cunningham Horace Price William MacKennal Herbert Kirkpatrick Michael Carey John Long David Walser Jeffrey Watson John Beer (retitled Archdeacon of Cambridge)
Cambridge	John Beer (previously Archdeacon of Ely) Alex Hughes

v t e Diocese of Ely
Ely Cathedral Isle of Ely Bishop's House, Ely (since 1941) Bishop Woodford House Bishop's Palace, Ely (15th century – 1941) Ely Palace, Holborn (1290–1772) Ely House, Mayfair (1776–1908)
Office holders	Dagmar Winter, Acting Bishop of Ely and Bishop suffragan of Huntingdon AEO: Bishop suffragan of Richborough (vacant) & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Mark Bonney, Dean of Ely Alex Hughes, Archdeacon of Cambridge Richard Harlow, Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Ely (c. 1106 – ren. 2006) Archdeacon of Bedford (1837–1914; moved to Diocese of St Albans) Archdeacon of Wisbech (1915 – c. 2004; merged into Huntingdon {& Wisbech})