Godfrey Mohun Carey (M)

b. 1872, d. 1927

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    Godfrey Mohun Carey was born in 1872. He was the son of Thomas Godfrey Carey. Godfrey Mohun Carey died in 1927. 

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Person Sheet

Name Godfrey Mohun Carey

Birth 17 Aug 1872

Death 18 Dec 1927 Age: 55

Ref Number J8

Father Thomas Godfrey Carey (1832-1906)

Mother Susan Elizabeth Slade (1835-1892)

Spouses:

1 Agnes Charlotte Milligan

Birth 25 Dec 1875

Ref Number J8a

Father Very Rev. Professor William Milligan D.D.

Marriage 12 Aug 1911

Children: Jean Elizabeth Slade (1901-1990)

John Milligan (1902-1924) 

Godfrey Fraser (1905-1972) 

Kenneth Moir (1908-1979) 

Lionel Mohun (1911-1988) 

Agnes Margaret (1912-1982) 

David Macbeth Moir (1917-2000) 

Notes for Godfrey Mohun Carey

He was educated at Elizabeth College, 1880-6 ; College No. 2225 ; also at Sherborne School, 1886-91; Scholar, 1887; Exeter College, Oxford, 1891, Scholar; 3rd Class Mods., 1893; B.A., 1896; Assistant Master, Sherborne, 1897-1927; House Master, 1908-27. Was in the School Cricket XI and Football XV, also in the Oxford XV, 1891-4, Captain 1894; played for England, 1896-9; was also in the Cricket XI of Exeter College, Oxford, and University Authentics. Won Bronze Medal in Public Boxing Championships, 1891. In Exeter College Rowing VIII, 1894-5. His work at Sherborne called for high attributes of praise after his death. He was supposedly the model for the housemaster known as 'The Bull' in Alec Waugh's controversial autobiographical novel, The Loom of Youth, published in 1917.

The Daily Telegraph of Friday, 23 Dec. 1927, contained a leading article, headed Two Fine Englishmen,' one of whom was Godfrey.

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