Guy Jocelyn Maude Roxby[1] (b Portsmouth[2] 16 August 1886 – d Aramac 8 August 1913) was an Anglican missionary priest in the second decade of the twentieth century.
Roxby was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge and Westcott House, Cambridge. He was ordained deacon in 1908 and priest in 1909.[3] After a curacy at Holy Trinity Haverstock[4] he went out to serve with St. Andrew's Bush Brotherhood in Queensland. His first service was on Christmas Day 1910 at Ilfracombe. A highly regarded priest,[5] he died from typhoid, the first death amongst the brotherhood.[6]
There is a memorial to Roxby within St Peter, Balcaldine.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Guild of All Souls". Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ 'England & Wales, Birth Index, 1837–2005' July–Aug–Sep 1886 Volume 2b Page 560
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p964:London; Horace Cox; 1908
- ^ Genuki
- ^ The Western Champion Sat 19 April 1913 p11
- ^ The Bush Brother Vol X no 3 p14
- ^ Monument Australia
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