Joshua Hughes-Games

Joshua Hughes-Games born Joshua Jones was an Anglican priest, the Archdeacon of Man from 1886 until 1894.[1]

Born in 1831, he changed his name to 'Hughes-Games' to receive an inheritance, and was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford, graduating first class in Mathematics in 1852. He was ordained a deacon in 1854, and a priest in 1855 (by John Graham, Bishop of Chester). Following periods as curate at Doddleston in Cheshire and Holy Trinity, Manchester, Hughes-Games was vice-principal of York Training College from 1859 to 1861 then headmaster of the Liverpool Institute until 1865. He was principal of King William's College in the Isle of Man[2] for the twenty years (1866–1886); and archdeacon of the island from then until[3] 1894 when he became vicar of Holy Trinity, Hull.[4]

Hughes-Games married Mary Helena Yates on 24 December 1859; they had ten children, several of his sons attending King William's College. His eldest son, Joshua Hughes Wynn Hughes-Games (1860-1904) followed his father as a clergyman, serving as vicar at St Matthew's, Birmingham; Birling, Kent; and Birkenhead, as did his second son, Stephen Herbert Wynn Hughes-Games (1862-1923), chaplain to the Bishop of Sodor and Man, diocesan inspector of schools, and principal of Bishop Wilson Theological College, Isle of Man, as well as curate in several places. A younger son, Cyril Tomlinson Wynn Hughes-Games (1868-1933), was a barrister, Vicar-General of the diocese of Sodor and Man, and a member of the legislative council of the Isle of Man. His youngest son, Harold James Wynn Hughes-Games (1872-1954), taught at King William's College, and later at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, Isle of Wight, and that at Dartmouth.

He died on 25 March 1904.[5]

References
  1. Manx Notebook
  2. "Venerable Dr. Joshua Hughes-Games". The Peerage. 3 February 2006.
  3. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  4. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  5. Obituary. The Times (London, England), Saturday, 26 March 1904; p. 14; Issue 37352


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