Judd Barnett was a prominent Australian-born Anglican clergyman, missionary, and educator.
He was born in 1859 to Ann Judd and William Barnett in Tasmania, Australia.
He was educated at Horton College and Trinity College, Melbourne and ordained in 1886.
After two curacies in Melbourne, he became headmaster of Caulfield Grammar School, a fairly new boys’ day and boarding school in Melbourne. He served from 1888 to 1896.
In 1898 he married the widowed Anna Mackenzie and took on her family including sons Allan and Norman.
In 1903 he was installed as the first warden of the newly founded St Stephen's College, Hong Kong, built by the Church Missionary Society. He served there until 1914.
In 1905, Allan Mackenzie joined him at St Stephens as resident-master.
In 1910 Rev Barnett was appointed as Archdeacon of Hong Kong, a position he held for 15 years.
Finally he served as Rural Dean of Sherborne (England) 1937-50.
He died in Tasmania in 1955.
Source: Wikipedia
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Ven. Ernest Judd Barnett
Archdeacon E. J. Barnett celebrated his 91st birthday on 18 September 1950. Thus he was born on 18 September 1859.
Death of Annie Barnett, wife of the Rev. E. J. Barnett on 13 February 1908 in London. Received via cable. See "The Australasian" (Melbourne) 29 February 1908: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/139210280?searchTerm=death%20of%20N.%20M.%20Barnett
Ven E. J. Barnett married Lillias Sara Digby of Galway, Ireland on 21 July 1910 at Kuling (Guling, Jiangxi), The Mercury (Hobart) 30 August 1910, see: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10073871?searchTerm=ernest%20judd%20barnett
He went to England in 1925.
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(1) Birthday: The Mercury (Hobart), 19 September 1950, see: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26728507?searchTerm=ernest%20judd%20barnett
(2) Biography: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27110982?searchTerm=ernest%20judd%20barnett
(3) Biography: China Mail 26 January 1910, see here