Francis Austin, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Anglo-Guyanese clergyman/Dean:St George's Cathedral/Georgetown/Guyana(1884-1890)
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About Francis Austin
- The Very Reverend Francis Webster Austin (4 February 1829, Clapham, Surrey – 1905, Abingdon) was an Anglo-Guyanese clergyman, Dean of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown, British Guiana from 1884 until 1890. Austin was the son of the Rev.
- Wiltshire Stanton Austin and Dunkin Webster.
- He was educated at King's College London and Jesus College, Cambridge, gaining his BA in 1855.
- Ordained deacon in 1856, he was briefly Curate of St Nicholas, Cardiff before emigrating to British Guiana.
- He married his cousin, Jo Austin, in 1858.
- Initially Diocesan Registrar he was then successively: Rural Dean of Berbice; Archdeacon of Berbice from 1883 to 1884; and concurrently Archdeacon of Demerara and Dean of Georgetown from 1884 to 1890.
- Before Austin's appointment, William Piercy Austin, Bishop since 1840, had also served as Dean.Returning to England Austin became Rector of West Ilsley, Berkshire in 1892.
- Living in Abingdon in 1904, he died there in 1905.
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