Bertram Kite

Joseph Bertram Kite,^[1] (21 January 1857 – 15 September 1939) was the fourth Dean of Hobart, serving from 1897^[2] to 1916.^[3]

Born into an ecclesiastical family,^[4] he was educated at Bury St Edmunds Grammar School,^[5] Marlborough^[6] and Keble College, Oxford.^[7]

He was ordained in 1882;^[8] and began his ecclesiastical career as Curate of St Michael and All Angels, Bromley-by-Bow. He was Curate in charge of Christ Church, Isle of Dogs from 1887 to^[9] 1894;^[10] and Rector of Billingford from 1894^[11] to 1897 before his time as Dean; and Vicar of St Peter's Church, Ealing after.^[12]

References

1. Daily News (London, England), Tuesday, 12 October 1897; Issue 16082
2. "Tasmanian Anglican". Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
3. Trove
4. His father was The Rev. F. R. Kite "KITE, Rev. Joseph Bertram", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 5 Nov 2013
5. The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, 13 December 1870; pg. 5; Issue 4616
6. University Intelligence The Times (London, England), Thursday, 30 Mar 1876; pg. 8; Issue 28590
7. University Intelligence The Times (London, England), Monday, 23 May 1881; pg. 13; Issue 30201
8. Ordinations, London The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 22 May 1883; pg. 4; Issue 30826
9. During this time he married Edith née Corrie in 1892 > "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries" The Standard (London, England), Thursday, 16 June 1892; pg. [1]; Issue 21200
10. Police The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 16 Feb 1892; pg. 3; Issue 33562
11. ECCLESIASTICAL APPOINTMENTS The Standard (London, England), Thursday, 11 October 1894; pg. 8; Issue 21926
12. Legal notices The Times (London, England), Friday, 27 Oct 1939; pg. 1; Issue 48447

Religious titles
Preceded by Charles Dundas	Dean of Hobart 1897 – 1916	Succeeded by Robert Hay