Sydney Adolphus Boyd (7 January 1857 – 17 May 1947) was Archdeacon of Bath [1] from 1924 to 1938. [2]
Born in Landour in 1857, Boyd was educated at Clifton College [3] and Worcester College, Oxford. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1880. [4] However, he chose an ecclesiastical path and was shortly appointed curate of Holy Trinity, Hampstead. [5] He held incumbencies in Norwich and Macclesfield; [6] after which he was rector of Bath Abbey [7] from 1902 to 1938. [8] On 25 June 1925, he was amongst the officiating clergy at the opening of the war memorial chapel at Monkton Combe School. [9] He died in Bath in 1947, aged 90.
Sydney Adolphus Boyd (7 January 1857 – 17 May 1947) was Archdeacon of Bath [1] from 1924 to 1938. [2]
Born in Landour in 1857, Boyd was educated at Clifton College [3] and Worcester College, Oxford. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1880. [4] However, he chose an ecclesiastical path and was shortly appointed curate of Holy Trinity, Hampstead. [5] He held incumbencies in Norwich and Macclesfield; [6] after which he was rector of Bath Abbey [7] from 1902 to 1938. [8] On 25 June 1925, he was amongst the officiating clergy at the opening of the war memorial chapel at Monkton Combe School. [9] He died in Bath in 1947, aged 90.