Dean of St Paul’s from 1871 to 1890. Died Dover.
2019: We were contacted by Ann Hentschel who told us that church was born Lisbon, Portugal, not Newport, Wales, as we had read elsewhere. Ann has published her researches on RWC's mother at .
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Dean Richard William Church
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Amen Court
This cast of characters also appear on the nearby St Paul's Choir school plaq...
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St Paul’s Choir school
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