Pelham Dale
Thomas Pelham Dale (1821–1892) was an English
, most notable for being prosecuted and imprisoned for ritualist practices.Biography
Thomas Pelham Dale was born at Greenwich on 3 April 1821 and grew up in Beckenham, Kent. He was the eldest son of Thomas Dale (1797-1870) and his wife Emily Jane Richardson. After attending King's College London, in 1841 he went up to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and graduated in 1845. He was elected as a fellow of his college.[1]
Dale was ordained deacon in 1845 and priest in 1846. He was appointed curate of the Camden Chapel, Camberwell, Surrey. In 1847 he became rector of St Vedast Foster Lane in the City of London. [2]
With scholarly interests that were scientific as well as theological, Dale was librarian of Sion College in the City of London from 1851 to 1856.[2]
In 1861, with Bishop Tait, Elizabeth Ferard (see 18 July in Church of England calendar) and two other women, Dale founded the North London Deaconess Institution based in King's Cross.
Originally an
Opposition to Dale crystallised around his ritualism, especially after he offered
Dale's imprisonment drew great sympathy from all but his most die-hard opponents. Such imprisonments did more than anything else to turn public opinion against
Soon after his release Dale was presented to the living of Sausthorpe-cum-Aswardby, near Spilsby, in 1881. He died on 19 April 1892 (on the eleventh anniversary of the death of Disraeli (one of the architects of the Public Worship Regulation Act 1874) and was buried in Sausthorpe churchyard.[2]
Family
Dale married Mary Francis in 1847. Their children included:[3]
- The Revd Thomas Francis Dale, born 1848.
- The Revd Arthur Murray Dale (1850–1927), Anglican cleric who became a Roman Catholic. He married Mary Boscawen, daughter of Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth.[4]
- Charles Lawford Dale, born 1852, army officer
- Mary Caroline Dale, born 1854
- Helen Annette Dale, born 1856
- Emily Frances Dale, born 1859
- Clare Elizabeth Dale, born 1861
Notes
- ^ "Dale, Thomas Pelham (DL841TP)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b c d Seccombe 1901.
- ^ Crisp 1906, pp. 41–45.
- ^ "Dale, Arthur Murray (DL869AM)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
References
- Crisp, Frederick Arthur, ed. (1906). Visitation of England and Wales. Vol. 14. Private printing. pp. 41–5.
- Seccombe, Thomas (1901). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Wilson, Alan. "Dale, Thomas Pelham (1821–1892)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7020. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
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