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Edward RICE

Male 1795 - 1853  (57 years)


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  • Name Edward RICE  [1] 
    Born 24 May 1795  Alderminster, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Admitted to School 15 Jul 1802  Christs Hospital, Newgate Street, City of London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    from Alderminster 
    Matriculated 1813  Trinity College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Left School 13 Oct 1813  Christs Hospital, Newgate Street, City of London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    to attend Trinity College, Cambridge 
    Degree 1817  Trinity College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1818  Christs Hospital, Newgate Street, City of London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    started as Assistant Classical Master 
    Degree 1820  Trinity College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Promoted 1836  Christs Hospital, Newgate Street, City of London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Headmaster. 
    Awarded 1839  Trinity College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Doctor of Divinity 
    Census 1841  Christs Hospital, Newgate Street, City of London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Doctor of Divinity, Head Master of Christs Hospital 
    Census 1851  Christs Hospital, Newgate Street, City of London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    D.D. Clergyman and Schoolmaster and Vicar of Horley, Surrey 
    Died 20 Jan 1853  City of London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    • Hanged himself following a Nervous Breakdown.
    Notes 
    • From the Chelmsford Chronicle Newspaper, 21st January 1853

      "Appalling Suicide of Doctor Rice, Headmaster of Christ's Hospital "

      Report of Inquest

      "............Medical evidence was given to show that the doctor was so dreadfully deranged that he had been called upon to resign the mastership of the hospital, which he did on Friday. - Verdict, "Insanity" "
    Person ID I9459  Silk Weavers and Stay Makers
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2017 

    Father Bernard RICE,   b. Abt 1747, Ambleston, Pembrokeshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1810, Alderminster, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Alice GIBBS 
    Relationship Birth 
    Married 20 Aug 1790  The Parish Church of St Mary and The Holy Cross, Alderminster, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Family ID F2643  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth DICKINSON,   d. 17 Apr 1831, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1819  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Edward Hemming RICE,   b. 1822, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1845  (Age 23 years)  [Natural]
     2. Alice Ann RICE,   b. 1823, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1829, Brighton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 6 years)  [Natural]
     3. Elizabeth RICE,   b. 1826, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1896, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)  [Natural]
     4. Mary Gibbs RICE,   b. 1827, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     5. Emily RICE,   b. 1829, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1877, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)  [Birth]
     6. Bernard RICE,   b. 1830, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     7. Vincent RICE,   b. 1831, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1873  (Age 42 years)
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2020 
    Family ID F2337  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sophia BLOUNT,   b. Abt 1797, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Mar 1867, Kensington, St Mary Abbots, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Married 04 Aug 1836  The Parish Church of St Botolph without, Aldersgate, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 7] 
    Children 
     1. John RICE,   b. 02 Jan 1838, London City, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Apr 1914, 34 Medina Villas, Hove, Brighton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)  [Natural]
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2016 
    Family ID F2338  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S21] The 1841 Population Census of England, Wales and Scotland, taken on the night of Sunday, the 6th. June.

    2. [S223] Christs Hospital Museum and Archive service.

    3. [S224] "David Rice of Ambleston and his descendants", Dr Hugh Macan Rice, Seen at Guildhall Library, London 25th. March 2013.
      Produced etc.; printed by Dr. Hugh Macan Rice

    4. [S240] LDS Parish Marriages Index.

    5. [S4129] Transcripts and Images of the Registers of The Parish Church of St Mary and The Holy Cross, Alderminster, Warwickshire, England, (FindMyPast.).

    6. [S1767] The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, and General Advertiser Newspaper, 22 August,1836, page 3, Marriage notice.

    7. [S1768] Bury and Norwich Post, and East Anglian Newspaper, Wednesday, August 17, 1836, page 1, Marriage notice.