Bishop of Kensington 1911 until his death.
John Primatt Maud was born on 13 June 1860 in Tranmere, Cheshire, a son of the Reverend John Primatt Maud (1823-1899) and Fanny Elizabeth Dorothy Maud née Croudace (1831-1912). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1860 in the Wirral registration district, Cheshire (now Merseyside). On 6 September 1860 he was baptised in St Paul's Church, Tranmere.
He was shown as aged 9 months on the 1861 census living in St Paul's Road, Tranmere, with his mother who was described as a curate's wife, together with a female domestic servant. His father was shown as the Curate of Tranmere and who was visiting his brother, Henry Laudon Maud (1829-1909) who was the Curate of Brigstock, at The Rectory, High Street, Brigstock, Northamptonshire.
In the 1871 census he was described as a scholar living at The Rectory, Ancaster, Lincolnshire, with his parents, five siblings: Beatrice Matilda Maud (1863-1948); William Theobald Maud (1865-1903); Arthur Roland Maud (1866-1944); Bertrand Maud (1868-1930) and Horace Croudace Maud (b.1869), together with a nurse, a cook, a housemaid and a nursemaid. His father was shown as the Vicar of Ancaster.
The 1881 census lists him as an undergraduate at Keble College, Oxford, Oxfordshire.
On 8 January 1891 he married Elizabeth Diana Furse (1862-1939), in St John the Evangelist Church, Smith Square, Westminster, London, where in the marriage register he is described as a bachelor and a Clerk in Holy Orders living at Chapel Allerton Vicarage, Leeds, whilst his wife was shown as a spinster living at 1 Abbey Garden, Westminster, the daughter of Charles Wellington Furse, who was also a Clerk in Holy Orders.
He is shown as Clerk in Holy Orders in the 1891 census living at 77 Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, Yorkshire, with his wife, together with a cook and a parlourmaid. When the 1901 census was undertaken he was recorded as a Church of England Clergyman living at The Vicarage, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, with his wife, five children: Jeanie Monsell Maud (1891-1970); Dorothy Reynolds Maud (1894-1977); Christopher Croudace Maud (1896-1911); Margaret Eileen Maud (1899-1986) and Mary Christine Wellington Maud (1900-1991), together with a cook, a nurse and a housemaid.
His sixth child, John Primatt Redcliffe Maud (1906-1982) was born on 3 February 1906 in Redcliffe, Bristol and when he completed his 1911 census return form he described himself as a Clergyman (Established Church) living in a 25 roomed property at Redcliffe Vicarage, St Marys, Redcliffe, Bristol, with his wife, three of their children: Dorothy; Margaret and Mary, a cousin and a nephew, together with a cook, a parlourmaid and two housemaids. His elder son had just died, aged 14 years at New Buildings, Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, whilst his younger son was recorded as boarding, aged 5 years, with his nurse, Fanny Jones, at 2 Park Place, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.
His Wikipedia page gives much information about the man and his son's memorial confirms that he was the vicar of St Mary, Radcliffe from 1904 to 1911.
Electoral registers from 1919 show that he and his wife were listed at 88 Gloucester Terrace, London, W2 and he was still there when he died, aged 71 years, on 21 March 1932. He was buried on 24 March 1932 at St Mary's Redcliffe Cemetery, Bath Road, Arnos Vale, Bristol, BS4 3EW.
He is referred to as the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Kensington on the foundation stone at the Turnham Green Church Hall, Heathfield House School, Heathfield Gardens, London, W4 and just as the Bishop of Kensington on the plaque at the Memorial Cross at Lancaster Gate, London, W2.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
