The sun., 1901-11-03

Richard William Church was born at
Lisbon on April rs, 1915. His father John
Dearman Church, born at Cork In 1884, was
of Quaker parentage on both sides, but
was formally -dsunited- from the Society
of Friends and was baptized member
Of the Church Of England at the time of his
marriage in 1914 TO Miss Metzener of an
Anglo-German family which had been
long resident in Lisbon. The first year
of Richard Church's life was spent in the
Portuguese capital. but in 1918 his parents
went 20 Italy and finally settled In Flor
enoe When 5 years old. Richard went
with his parents TO the south Of Italy to
visit his fathers younger brother, Gen.
Church, who, after a life of varied military
adventures during the Napoleonic wars
In Egypt, France and Italy. had entered
the service Of the restored Bourbon King
OF Naples and was at this time acting as
Viceroy In the two provinces OF Apulia.
At II years of age Richard was sent 90 a
ANAL preparatory school, which had been
set up for English boys at Ieghorn. In
the early part Of 1923 his father died and he
accompanied his mother to England. where
she settled in Bath. He was now sent for a
term 10 a school at Exeter and thence TO
Redlands near Bristol, a school OF a pro-
nounced evangelical type Here he re-
mained until 1893, when he went up 10
Oxford and went into residence al Wadham.
A year later. one Of his stepsisters mar
ried George Moberiy, then fellow and
tutor Of Balliol. who subsequently became
headmaster of Winchester and Bishop Of
Salisbury Young Church wac thus brought
into close relG lions with a man Of unusual
distinction in the university az a time when
he most needed help and stimulus There
seems 20 have b"eu a clever set az Wadham
lust then. one of the Wadham men had
Nust carried N the Ireland scholarship.
The only out-Coilegr mEn - any mark
except Molary that Church knew much of
was Charles Ma rripti. Who had just got hl-
OTisl fellow hip. H. loiteT dated July
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