- Frederick Henry Snow Pendleton
Frederick Henry Snow Pendleton (1818–1888) was a priest in the
Church of England during theVictorian Era .Early years
Pendleton, born on
13 September 1818 , was educated at theuniversity of Ghent and at St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead. After being ordained in thediocese of Winchester , he served ascurate of St. Martin's,Guernsey , from December 1849 to June 1851, and as senior curate of St. Helier,Jersey , from August 1851 to July 1853.Work with the Waldensians
He was consular chaplain to the British residents at
Montevideo ,Uruguay from6 May 1854 to31 December 1858 . During his residence there 150Waldensians , impelled by the scarcity of employment inPiedmont , left their native country and landed in Montevideo. They were followed in 1858 by about a hundred more, when the whole party settled at Florida, about sixty miles from the city.Jesuit opposition arose and the Waldensian settlers, under Pendleton's personal direction, moved to another locality known as the Rosario Oriental, where his influence obtained for them a church and a school-room.In 1857 a visitation of yellow fever swept over Monte Video, and Pendleton's services during the crisis were acknowledged by the French government, which granted him a gold medal. A similar recognition followed him from the Italian government.
From 1863 to
31 December 1868 he was chaplain to the British residents atFlorence . In 1862 and again in 1867 he revisited the Waldensian colony at Rosario Oriental. He resided at the Casa Fumi, Porta Romana, Florence, until 1876, when he removed toSydenham ,Kent . There he served as curate of St Bartholomew's Church till 1879. He was then curate ofAmpthill , Bedfordshire, for two years, and finally became rector ofSt Sampson's ,Guernsey , in 1882.Death and legacy
He died at St Sampson's rectory, Guernsey, on 13 Sept. 1888. He wrote "Lettres Pastorales" in 1851, and published various sermons in English and French between 1852 and 1868.
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