Reginald John Mapleton (9 December 1817[1] – 30 January 1892) was an English Anglican priest in the last quarter of the 19th century.[2]

Mapleton was born in Christ Church, Surrey,[3] to Rev. James Henry Mapleton.[4] He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.[5] He was ordained deacon in 1842 and priest in 1843.[6][7] He married Emily Male in 1849 and was Vicar of Great Glen, Leicestershire and then St Columba's Kilmartin before becoming Dean of Argyll and The Isles in 1886.[8][9][10] He died in post in 1892.[11]

His son, Lt Col Reginald William Mapleton RAMC (1851-1905), was an eminent doctor.[12]

References edit

  1. ^ Robinson, Charles John (1883). A Register of the Scholars Admitted Into Merchant Taylor's School: From A. D. 1562 to 1874, Comp. from Authentic Sources and Ed. with Biographical Notices. London: Merchant Taylors' School. p. 226. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. ^ Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000 Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0567087468
  3. ^ 1851 England Census
  4. ^ London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917
  5. ^ Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), 24 October 24, 1840; Issue 4565
  6. ^ The Morning Post (London, England), 18 January 1842; pg. 6; Issue 22154, 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
  7. ^ The Standard (London, England), 19 January 1843; pg. [1]; Issue 5782, 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
  8. ^ Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, January 20, 1849; Issue 4995
  9. ^ Derby Mercury (Derby, England), 5 February 1851; Issue 7086
  10. ^ Ecclesiastical Intelligence, The Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), 16 January 1886; pg. 2; Issue 4131. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
  11. ^ Ecclesiastical Intelligence, The Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), 2 April 1892; pg. 2; Issue 4780. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
  12. ^ British Medical Journal, 23 December 1911, pg 1681
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Preceded by Dean of Argyll and The Isles
1886 – 1892
Succeeded by