Frederick William Wallis
General information▶Date of birth: 7 January 1857 Place of birth: Baker Street, Marylebone, London ▶Father: William Wallis Mother: Sophia Baxter ▶Spouse(s): Marion Eleanor Cumming Date(s) of marriage: 5 January 1881 Place(s) of marriage: Mancetter, Warwickshire ▶Occupation: Clergyman (Anglican) ▶Lifestory: Frederick William Wallis was the eldest son of hosier William Wallis, of Watford, and his wife Sophia (née Baxter). He was educated at one of the Surrey County Schools before matriculating at St John’s College, Cambridge in 1874, BA 1878, MA 1881. He took holy orders and was ordained Deacon in 1880, and Priest (both Worcester) in 1881. In 1880 he was licensed Curate of St Andrew’s Church, Pershore in Worcestershire, and the following year married Marion Eleanor, third daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Octavius Cumming, 52nd Regiment of Foot, of the Manor House, Mancetter, Warwickshire. Wallis remained at Pershore until 1884, when he became Curate of St Stephen’s Church, Barbourne, Worcestershire; he had full charge in the church during the illness and after the death of the vicar. He organised many concerts, and several of his songs and instrumental pieces were performed at events at the church; in addition, he was a keen cricketer. From Barbourne he moved on when he was preferred to the office of Rector of Martin Hussingtree, again in Worcestershire, where the interior of the church was significantly improved under his tenure, and thanks largely to the contribution of Lord Hindlip. Finally he accepted the rectory of Hindlip in Worcestershire in 1894, remaining there until his retirement in 1915. On retirement the couple returned to Sophia Wallis’s home town of Cheltenham, and between 1918 and 1921 lived at 1 Pittville Villas (now 66 Prestbury Road), Pittville. From there they removed to Wellesley Court (now the Clarence Court Hotel), Clarence Square, Upnor, Pittville Lawn (now 69 Pittville Lawn), and latterly to 4 Blenheim Parade (now 9 Evesham Road), Pittville, where he died on 11 January 1925, days after his sixty-eighth birthday. His estate at death was valued at about £2,655. ▶Moved to Pittville from: Hindlip, Worcestershire Moved from Pittville to: (deceased) ▶Date of death: 11 January 1925 Place of death: Cheltenham ▶Date of burial: Place of burial: ▶Notes: ID: 16329 Contributor(s): John Simpson
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