Ernest Lewis-Crosby

Ernest Henry Cornwall Lewis-Crosby (ca 1864 – 1961) was a Church of Ireland (Anglican) priest and author.^[1]

He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.^[2] His first post was as a curate at Christ Church, Leeson Park, Dublin.^[3] After this he was head of the Church of Ireland Mission to the Jews then Rector of, successively, Drumcondra and North Strand parish (1904–14), Rathmines (1914–1924) and Stillorgan (1924-38). In 1938 he became Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, a post he held until his death on 18 May 1961.^{[citation needed]}

He had three sons and two daughters: Robert Cornwall Lewis-Crosby, Edith Patricia Charity Lewis-Crosby, John Ernest Cornwall Lewis-Crosby (who became Secretary of the National Trust of Northern Ireland), Francis Gabriel Cornwall (who changed his surname upon inheriting his uncle's homestead), and Hilda Florence Harriet Lewis-Crosby.^{[citation needed]}

He helped establish the Church of Ireland Divinity Hostel in 1913, by allowing his property on Mountjoy Square to be used by the Hostel rent free for a number of years.

Notes

1. Among others he wrote "Celtic Churches in the Diocese of Dublin", 1932; "The Ancient Books of Christ Church Cathedral", Dublin, 1947; "A Short History of Christ Church Cathedral", 1949; "The Annals of Christ Church Cathedral", 1950; "Our Two Cathedrals, from foundation to Reformation", 1951 British Library website accessed 12:01 GMT, 18 July 2012
2. "Lewis-Crosby, Very Rev. Ernest Henry Cornwall", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 15 July 2012
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory1947–48 Oxford, OUP,1947

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Herbert Brownlow Kennedy	Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 1938– 1961	Succeeded by Norman David Emerson