Charles Boyd (archdeacon) explained

Charles Boyd, MA (19 February 1842^[1]  - 3 May 1914^[2]) was Archdeacon of Colombo from 1891 until^[3] 1901.^[4]

He was educated at Rugby and University College, Oxford. After a curacy in Newbury^[5] he was Rector of Princes Risborough from 1877 to 1879. He was Chaplain of St. Peter's Church, Colombo and to the British Armed Forces there from 1879 until his appointment as Archdeacon.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Family Search . 2013-12-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233646/http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I128605&tree=Nixon . 2013-12-30 . dead .
2. Deaths. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, May 05, 1914; pg. 1; Issue 40515
3. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
4. ‘BOYD, Ven. Charles’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 28 Dec 2013
5. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]