buried in St. John’s cemetery where a plain cross with the words Our Father inscribed on the base stands next to the tombstone of one of his sons.

Dr. Wiggins was prominent as a farmer both in P.E.I. and New Bruns- wick. In 1861 he wrote a prize essay on “The Agricultural History and Condi- tion of Sunbury County.”

THOMAS HENRY WALPOLE

Thomas Henry Walpole was a son of George Walpole of Greenwich, Kent. He matriculated to Oxford, June 25, 1817, aged 18, and received his BA. in 1821. During his undergraduate career he was one of the four ‘Bible Clerks’ of All Souls College, whose duty it was to serve in the Hall, the Common Room and the Chapel.

He came to P.E.I., apparently at his own expense, in the summer of 1832, and assisted L. C. Jenkins at St. Paul’s during the winter. In October, 1833, his family arrived from England. He was in charge of the New London Mis— sion during that year and part of 1834, and he prepared the first confirmation class for Bishop John Inglis, who consecrated St. Thomas’s church on the same occasion. He soon made his way back to England and was instituted Vicar of Winslow, Bucks, in 1836. The following inscription appears on a mural tablet in that church:

In memory of the Rev. Thomas Henry Walpole, Vicar of this parish,

died October 1, 1840, aged 41 years. He was interred beneath the

south porch of this church. Also Amelia, daughter of the above, died

July 7, 1846, aged 17 years. And Sarah, widow of the above named

Rev’d T. H. Walpole, died July 11, 1878, aged 79 years, and was

interred in the Cemetery at Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

Before coming to P.E.I. Mr. Walpole was curate of Souldern in the diocese odexford, 1826-28. It is not known at present Where, or by whom, he was or ained.

FREDERICK ROBERTS

Frederick Roberts, son of Robert Roberts of Greenford, Southall, Middle- sex, was admitted pensioner, aged twenty-two, at Peterhouse, Cambridge, July 1, 1830. He matriculated, Lent, 1831, but did not receive his BA. until 1838. It would appear that he studied law for he was at Lincoln’s Inn in 1837; but he was ordained deacon on December 2, 1838, in Ely Cathedral, by the Bishop of Ely, and he was given priest’s orders, March 8, 1840, in St. George’s Church, Hanover Square, London, by the Bishop of Lichfield.

In 1841 he was accepted as a missionary by the S.P.G., came with his wife to P.E.I. in that year, and was appointed to New London. Mrs. Roberts died at Charlottetown, April 4, 1842, aged thirty—three years. Mr. Roberts actually resided in New London, but where he stayed, and how long, is not exactly known.

In 1844, probably in the autumn as he conducted a marriage in New London on June 10 of that year, he returned to England. Twelve years later his name appears again in clergy lists as Vicar of Shepton Montague, a post which he» held from 1856 to 1860. In the latter year he became Rector of Melbury Bubb, Sherbourne, Dorset, and he remained there until his death. In 1880 his name was. changed to Barfoot—Saunt. A tablet in Melbury Bubb Church bears the following inscription:

To the glory of God and in affectionate remembrance of the Rev. Frederick Barfoot—Saunt, B.A., formerly the Rev. Frederick Roberts, B.A., the much esteemed Rector of this parish for twenty—four years. He died November 18, 1884, in the 77th year of his age», and was interred in the family plot at St. Mary’s in Arden, Market Harborough.

WILLIAM MEEK

William Meek was born in London in 1801. In 1830 he went to Newfound- land as a teacher under the Newfoundland School Society and was placed at Bonavista. He was ordained deacon in St. Thomas’s Church, St. John’s, July 25, 1841, by Bishop Spencer, and was stationed at St. George’s Bay. At that time he was married and had four children. In 1852 he was transferred to P.E.I. as an agent of the Colonial Church and School Society, and he was settled permanently at New London in that year. In 1854 he was ordained to the

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