William Craddock Bettridge
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William Craddock Bettridge (August 30, 1791 - November 21, 1879) was a soldier and clergyman with the Church of England
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Bettridge's first career was with the military as an ensign in the 81st foot
. He saw active service in the Low Countries
and attained the rank of a lieutenant, retiring on half-pay in 1816. He the attended the University of Jena and, after graduation, was privately employed as a soldier and an aide.
In 1824, William Bettridge began his church career and served in various capacities. In 1834 he came to Upper Canada
as a missionary. He accompanied Admiral Henry Vansittarthttp://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/hvansittart_adm.html who was founding the town of Woodstock. He became rector of this parishhttp://www.execulink.com/~osp/ospplaque.htm in 1836 and continued so through his career.
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
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Bettridge's first career was with the military as an ensign in the 81st foot
81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)
The 81st Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793 and amalgamated into The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in 1881.-Raising of the Regiment:...
. He saw active service in the Low Countries
Low Countries
The Low Countries are the historical lands around the low-lying delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse rivers, including the modern countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and parts of northern France and western Germany....
and attained the rank of a lieutenant, retiring on half-pay in 1816. He the attended the University of Jena and, after graduation, was privately employed as a soldier and an aide.
In 1824, William Bettridge began his church career and served in various capacities. In 1834 he came to Upper Canada
Upper Canada
The Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
as a missionary. He accompanied Admiral Henry Vansittarthttp://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/hvansittart_adm.html who was founding the town of Woodstock. He became rector of this parishhttp://www.execulink.com/~osp/ospplaque.htm in 1836 and continued so through his career.