Francis Carter (priest)

Francis Edward Carter (9 September 1851 – 22 August 1935) was an Anglican priest who served in Cornwall, Kent, East Anglia and South Africa. He died aged 83, at 13 Park Terrace, Cambridge.

Early life
Francis Edward Carter was born in Pewsey, Wilts. on 9 September 1851; he was the son of Charles Henry Carter and went to school at Epsom College, Surrey, where he matriculated in 1871.

University education and teaching career
Francis Edward Carter was admitted (as a sizar) to Trinity College, Cambridge on 22 April 1871, and graduated as follows; B.A. 1875; M.A. 1878.

He worked as an assistant master at The King's School, Canterbury, 1875–78.

Ordained ministry
Carter was ordained a deacon in 1878 and a priest in Truro in 1879; he was curate of St Paul's Truro (1878–80). He served as prebendary of the Collegiate Church of Endellion (1880-4), canon missioner of Truro Cathedral (1884–95), Select Preacher at Cambridge (1888), Six Preacher and Tait Missioner at Canterbury Cathedral (1895–1900), and was an honorary canon of Canterbury Cathedral (1896–1900). In early 1900 he was offered the position of dean and rector of Grahamstown, South Africa, and accepted the office, travelling to the country in August that year. He stayed in South Africa until 1911, when he returned to become Rector of Hadleigh, Suffolk (1911–27) and dean of Bocking (1911–27), also serving as Rural Dean of Hadleigh, Suffolk (1912–24), Proctor in Convocation (1922-9) and honorary canon of St Edmondsbury and Ipswich (1922–35).

Marital Status
In 1899, he married Sibella Fanny née Sayer: they had one son and one daughter.