Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
He was the Irish curate of Midsomer Norton in Somerset Coalfield, who went to Shanghai with the Reverend George Smith (later Bishop of Victoria in Hong Kong 1849) in 1844 as one of the founders of Church Missionary Society work in China. He became a canon of St John's Cathedral in Hong Kong and later at the Holy Trinity Cathedral at Shanghai. He came with his family and served nearly forty years in China before retiring in 1882. Several of his children stayed on in China. He was an experienced missionary and Chinese scholar and provided the first English translation of Chinese works such as the Confucian I Ching
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On the 4th June, at 34, Milson-road, West Kensington-park, the Rev. THOMAS McCLATCHIE, M.A., Canon of St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, also of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Shanghai, and late Secretary of the C.M.S. Mission in China, aged 72."
Source: The China Mail, page 2, 17th July 1885 and Hong Kong Daily Press, page 2, 18th July 1885
" WE note that the death is announced of the Rev. Thomas McClatchie, late of Shanghai, who is well known in China as an experienced missionary and Chinese scholar."
Source: The China Mail, page 2, 17th July 1885
"By the regretted death of the Rev. Thomas McClatchie, M.A., late of Shanghai, a Chinese scholar of considerable attainments is lost to the Far East."
Source: Hong Kong Daily Press, page 2, 18th July 1885
Buried: Brompton Cemetery, London, England, United Kingdom 9th June 1885
Probate: 4th July 1885. The Reverend Thomas McClatchie Personal Estate £1,145 11s.
"4 July. The Will of the Reverend Thomas McClatchie formerly of Shanghae in China but late of 34 Milson-road West Kensington Park in the County of Middlesex, Clerk who died 4th June 1885 at 34 Milson-road was proved at the Principal Registry by Isabella Sarah McClatchie of 34 Milson-road Widow the Relict the sole Executrix."