GILBERTSON
,
LEWIS
(
1815
-
1896
),
cleric, vice-principal of Jesus College, Oxford
;
b. in
1815
, son of
William Cobb
Gilbertson
. He spent his youth at
Elerch, Cards.
Educated at
Jesus College
,
Oxford
, he graduated
B.A.
,
1836
,
M.A.
1839
,
B.D.
1847
, and was a
Fellow
of
Jesus College
,
1840-72
. He was ordained
deacon
,
1837
, by the
bishop
of
Gloucester
and
Bristol
(obtaining the curacy of
Sheringham
, near
Cheltenham
) and
priest
,
1838
, in the same diocese. From
1841 until 1852
he was
vicar
of
Llangorwen, Cards.
, where he became known for his connection with the
Oxford Movement
. In
1852
he returned to
Jesus College
and after serving as
junior bursar
and
lecturer
, became
vice-principal
,
1855-72
. He was made
vicar
of the new parish of
Elerch
,
April 1869
, but, as
patron
, he appointed his successor,
Nov. 1870
. In that year he was made
rector
of
Braunston
, near
Rugby
[a College living], which he held
until his retirement in
1893
. He retired to
Aberystwyth
and d.
2 April 1896
.
Bibliography:
-
Foster
,
Alumni Oxonienses
;
-
Crockford's Clerical Directory
, 1858
ff
;
-
Yr Haul
,
1902
, 149;
-
Aberystwyth Observer
,
9 April 1896
;
-
Hardy
,
Jesus College
, 1899
;
-
S. Davids Diocesan Records at the National
Library of Wales
in N.L.W.
Author:
Griffith Milwyn Griffiths, M.A., Aberystwyth
