Ernest Sharpe

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{{Portal|Christianity}} Ernest Newton Sharpe (1866 – January 1949) was an eminent[http://archives.lse.ac.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=LANSBURY%2f12 LSE archives] Anglican.[https://openlibrary.org/books/OL19235159M/sermon_preached_in_..._St._Lawrence_Jewry_before_the_..._Lord_Mayor Open Library] Priest[http://www.sussex-opc.org/index.php?c=720&t=ChurchDocument&k=125&l=102 On-line Parish clerks] in the 20th century.

He was born into an ecclesiastical family His father was the Rev. Henry Sharpe, sometime Vicar of Trinity Church, Hampstead > “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|071363457X}} in 1866 and educated at Westminster and Clare College, Cambridge.{{acad|id= SHRP885EN|name=Sharpe, Ernest Newton}} Ordained in 1890, he began his career with a curacy at Bath Abbey.The Times, Tuesday, May 26, 1891; pg. 13; Issue 33334; col A Ordinations. Following this he was Vicar of Emanuel Church, West Hampstead The Times, Wednesday, Jul 04, 1894; pg. 10; Issue 34307; col G Ecclesiastical Intelligence then Rector of Kersal.The Times, Monday, Jun 08, 1908; pg. 8; Issue 38667; col C Ecclesiastical Intelligence. After this he was Rector of Holy Trinity, Marylebone, then vicar of St James's Church, Paddington.{{Cite web |url=http://www.stjamespaddington.org.uk/history/vicars-of-st-james.html |title=Vicars of St James, Paddington |access-date=2010-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924160347/http://www.stjamespaddington.org.uk/history/vicars-of-st-james.html |archive-date=2011-09-24 |url-status=dead }} A Prebendary then Canon of St Paul's Cathedral, he was Archdeacon of London from 1930 to 1947.Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
He died on 20 January 1949.Obituary The Times Saturday, Jan 22, 1949; pg. 4; Issue 51286; col D