Norman Pares

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Canon Rev. Norman Pares (16 June 1857 – 23 June 1936) was an English

1879 FA Cup Final
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Family

Pares was born at the family home at 12 Devonshire Gardens, Portland Place, London,

M.P. for Leicester from 1818 to 1826.[4] His mother was the sister of Admiral Sir George Back FRS (1796–1878), the explorer and naturalist.[5]

Pares was one of ten children of the marriage between John Pares and Katharine; he had four brothers (George (Lancelot), Bernard, Basil and Howard) and five sisters (Alice, Ethel, Margaret, Constance and May).[6]

His brother, Bernard (1867–1949), was a historian and academic known for his work on Russia.[7]

On 22 August 1888, he married Beatrice Emma, daughter of William Ireland Blackburne.[2]

Career

Pares was educated at Eton College before attending Trinity College, Cambridge in 1876,[2] where he read Classics, graduating with a Third Class Honours degree in 1880, before gaining his M.A. in 1883.[1]

He was ordained deacon in 1885, becoming a priest in 1886. From 1881 to 1897, he was a teacher at

Portsmouth Parish Church from 1894 to 1897.[1]

In 1897, he left Portsmouth and became

canon at Winchester from 1925 to 1927 and at Guildford from 1928 until his death on 23 June 1936.[1]

While vicar at Horsell, he helped the village acquire the land on which the village hall was built in 1906–07 and served for many years on the board of trustees.[9][10] He was also president of the village cricket team.[11] Pares Close, near the church, was named after him.[12]

Football career

Whilst at Eton, he represented the school at

inside-left in a 1–0 victory.[1]

While living in Portsmouth, he founded the Portsmouth Sunflowers Football Club. In 1886, they entered the South Hants & Dorset Senior Cup, where they were defeated 6–1 by Woolston Works on 9 October 1886.[13] The Sunflowers included two of his brothers and at least one cousin at various times, as well as colleagues from Portsmouth Grammar School and former colleagues at Eton and Cambridge.[13]

Other sports

At Eton, he also played the

Eton Field Game. He was also a cricketer, and a member of the M.C.C. and a keen golfer and cyclist.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Warsop 2004, p. 112.
  2. ^ a b c "Pares, Norman (PRS876N)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ "Pares, John (PRS851J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ "Pares, Thomas (PRS808T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ^ Laird, Alistair (13 September 2011). "Lot 83: Admiral Sir George Back (British, 1796-1878)". Auction of Marine Paintings. Bonhams. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  6. ^ Burke, Bernard. "A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland (Volume 2)". Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  7. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35378. Retrieved 26 January 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  8. ^ Books, Laurence Worms-Ash Rare (17 September 2013). "Bip Pares (1904-1977)". The Bookhunter on Safari. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Facts about Horsell Village Hall". Window on Woking. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  10. ^ "History of the Hall". Horsell Village Hall. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  11. ^ Payne, Geoff. "Club History". Woking and Horsell Cricket Club. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  12. ^ "History of Horsell". Houses in Woking. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  13. ^ a b Juson & Bull 2001, p. 20.

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