The Ven Hugh Trevor Wheeler was Archdeacon of Lahore from 1919 to 1929[1]

Wheeler was born in Belfast, in 1874,[2] to Walter James Wheeler & Elizabeth (nee) Coburn.[3] He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained Deacon in 1897[4] and Priest in 1898.[5] He was Curate at Tullylish and then went out to the North Western Frontier Province. He was at Sialkot, Multan, Murree, Rawalpindi, Ambala, Shimla and Karachi before his time as Archdeacon and at Broughton Astley afterwards.

Wheeler married Kathleen Russell Gunning, daughter of Daniel Russell Gunning, on 4 January, 1905 [6] in Dehli, Bengal, India and had one son, George Trevor Wheeler, born 4 April, 1906, Bengal, India [7] who was killed in Eritrea in 1941 [8] leaving a wife and young son.

Hugh Wheeler, known to the family as "Trevor" died in Midhurst, Sussex,[9] on 11 February 1949.[10]

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  1. ^ Ecclesiastical News The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Aug 12, 1930; pg. 13; Issue 45589
  2. ^ Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958. Ancestry.com
  3. ^ Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911. Ancestry.com
  4. ^ ‘THE CHURCH OF IRELAND’ The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Monday, October 4, 1897; Issue 25648
  5. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947-48 p1406: Oxford, OUP, 1947
  6. ^ Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925
  7. ^ India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
  8. ^ Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current. Ancestry.com
  9. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  10. ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995. ancestry.com
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Lahore
1919–1929
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