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The Reverend George Oliver, D.D.,
quities of Grimsby , in octavo , the History and Antiquities of Beverley in Yorkshire , and its Minster , in quarto , of Wolverhampton Collegiate Church , and of the Guild of the Holy Trinity , at Sleaford in Lincolnshire , besides several pamphlets and works of lesser note , afford abundant proofs of his activity of mindand the closeness of its application .
, He has also written for the periodical press for many years on detached subjects , and written and published several sermons ; also an octavo volume in vindication of the fundamental doctrines of Christianity against the attacks of Deism and Infidelity , and an Essay on Education . In 1829 he was engaged bMessrs . Whittakerthe
, y , eminent London publishers , to superintend a new edition of " Preston ' s Illustrations of Masonry , " and in 1833 , was appointed Deputy Provincial Grand Master by the Right Hon . C . T . D'Eyncourt , M . P ., ancl in that capacity has regularly held Provincial Grand Lodges , sometimes twice
in the same year . So many works were not written without great labour ; the most extensive reading was required on various subjects , and in various languages , many of them unconnected with his previous studies as a Christian divine ; and it should be borne in mind , that all this time , Brother Oliver was
attending to the important duties of the h .-ad mastership of the Grammar School , and had under his pastoral charge two parishes , one of them very populous . In 1815 Brother Oliver was presented by Bishop Tomline to the living of Clee , and Dr . Tennyson , the brother of the present Provincial Grand Masternominated him to the
, curacy of Grimsby , which he held until the death of his patron in 1831 , when Bishop Kaye presented him to the living of Scopwick , and in 1834 the Dean of Windsor gave him the living of Wolverhampton , where he appears " called " and destined to fulfil the most difficult , but most eventful duties .
In 1826 , he received a public vote of thanks as head master of the grammar school , from a common hall of the corporation of Grimsby , who are the trustees . Dr . Oliver ( for our Brother in 1836 , or thereabout , attained the doctorate in divinity ) was in early life rather convivial in his habits , but always temperate . He is now
about fifty-nine years of age , enjoys good health , with a constitution unimpaired . As a Deputy Provincial Grand Master , our exemplary
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The Reverend George Oliver, D.D.,
quities of Grimsby , in octavo , the History and Antiquities of Beverley in Yorkshire , and its Minster , in quarto , of Wolverhampton Collegiate Church , and of the Guild of the Holy Trinity , at Sleaford in Lincolnshire , besides several pamphlets and works of lesser note , afford abundant proofs of his activity of mindand the closeness of its application .
, He has also written for the periodical press for many years on detached subjects , and written and published several sermons ; also an octavo volume in vindication of the fundamental doctrines of Christianity against the attacks of Deism and Infidelity , and an Essay on Education . In 1829 he was engaged bMessrs . Whittakerthe
, y , eminent London publishers , to superintend a new edition of " Preston ' s Illustrations of Masonry , " and in 1833 , was appointed Deputy Provincial Grand Master by the Right Hon . C . T . D'Eyncourt , M . P ., ancl in that capacity has regularly held Provincial Grand Lodges , sometimes twice
in the same year . So many works were not written without great labour ; the most extensive reading was required on various subjects , and in various languages , many of them unconnected with his previous studies as a Christian divine ; and it should be borne in mind , that all this time , Brother Oliver was
attending to the important duties of the h .-ad mastership of the Grammar School , and had under his pastoral charge two parishes , one of them very populous . In 1815 Brother Oliver was presented by Bishop Tomline to the living of Clee , and Dr . Tennyson , the brother of the present Provincial Grand Masternominated him to the
, curacy of Grimsby , which he held until the death of his patron in 1831 , when Bishop Kaye presented him to the living of Scopwick , and in 1834 the Dean of Windsor gave him the living of Wolverhampton , where he appears " called " and destined to fulfil the most difficult , but most eventful duties .
In 1826 , he received a public vote of thanks as head master of the grammar school , from a common hall of the corporation of Grimsby , who are the trustees . Dr . Oliver ( for our Brother in 1836 , or thereabout , attained the doctorate in divinity ) was in early life rather convivial in his habits , but always temperate . He is now
about fifty-nine years of age , enjoys good health , with a constitution unimpaired . As a Deputy Provincial Grand Master , our exemplary