▶Date of birth:  28 November 1851        Place of birth: Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire

▶Father:   John Compton Maul    Mother: Laura Broughton

▶Spouse(s):  Helen Maxwell More      Date(s) of marriage:  3 June 1897     Place(s) of marriage:  St George’s, Hanover Square, London

▶Occupation: Clergyman (Anglican)

▶Lifestory: John Broughton Maul’s ministerial career in the Church started when he was sent to Australia on parochial and missionary work; on his return he lived in London and then in Cheltenham, without cure of souls but with permission to preach in the district. Maul was born in November 1851 at Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, the second son of barrister John Compton Maul, and his wife Laura (née Broughton). He attended Uppingham College and matriculated at Clare Hall, Cambridge in 1877, BA 1881. In 1881 he completed his theology training at Cuddesdon Theological College, Oxfordshire, and took holy orders; he was ordained Deacon, and then Priest (both Durham) in 1882.

In 1881 he was licensed Curate of Ryhope, Sunderland, where he served the Ryhope Colliery and where he remained for eight years until 1889 (also representing the local team at cricket in the Durham County Cup competition).

Maul travelled out to Australia in 1890 to become Minister of Laidley with Gatton, in Queensland 1890-4, where in 1892 he was initiated into the Laidley Lodge of the Freemasons; he also undertook mission work for the Bishop of Brisbane.

Returning to Britain, between 1894 and 1914 he resided in London and elsewhere, without cure of souls. He married Helen (“Nellie”) Maxwell, eldest daughter of William More, in St George, Hanover Square in London in 1897; they had no children. He visited Cheltenham on several occasions in 1908, and in 1915 officiated at a wedding at All Saints’ Church. He received permission to officiate in the diocese of Gloucester 1914-23; between 1916 and 1919 he lived at 5 (now 37) Pittville Lawn, Cheltenham (he had previously lived at Minchinhampton, near Stroud).

Maul returned to London 1924-6. He lived latterly at 4 Collingwood Road, Earls Court, in London, but died at his brother’s house in Banbury in late 1931, at the age of seventy-nine. His wealth at death was sworn at £1,587; Maul came from a sporting family, and at his death the newspapers’ enjoyed the fact that he bequeathed six Calcutta sweepstake numbers and six Stock Exchange Derby Mutual Subscription Fund tickets to a friend.

▶Moved to Pittville from: London       Moved from Pittville to: London

▶Date of death:  5 November 1931      Place of death: Horley House, Banbury, Oxfordshire

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▶Notes: People 7 February 1932       ID: 14850

Contributor(s):  John Simpson/Alan Munden