- Henry Rutter
Henry Rutter (real name Banister) (born
26 February 1755 ; died17 September 1838 nearDodding Green ,Westmoreland ) was an EnglishRoman Catholic priest. He took part in the controversy overRobert Southey 's "Book of the Church", (1824) , in which Charles Butler was the Catholic protagonist.Life
He was the son of Adam Banister of
Hesketh Bank and Agnes, daughter of Richard Butler, ofMawdesley ,Lancashire . On 26 September, 1768, he went toDouai College , where he found his uncle, Rev. Robert Banister. In May, 1781, he became professor atSt. Omer's College for the secular clergy.On the English mission, he served several places in the north before his appointment in 1817 to
Yealand ,Lancashire , where he remained till January 1834. The rest of his life was spent at Dodding Green.Works
*"Answer to Dr. Southey", a contribution to the controversy provoked by Southey's book
*"Evangelical Harmony", re-edited (1857) byHusenbeth .Rutter's other works, chiefly scriptural exegeses and devotional translations, are enumerated and described by
Joseph Gillow . [Joseph Gillow, "Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary of the English Catholics" (5 vols, 1885-1902)]References
*"Orthodox Journal" (VII, 223)
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