Andrew Spens
Archdeacon of lahore

Andrew Spens

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Archdeacon of lahore
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25 April 1844
Death:
1 January 1932
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The Ven Andrew Nathaniel Wadham Spens (25 April 1844 – 13 April 1932) was Archdeacon of Lahore from 1892 to 1900.
He was educated at Edinburgh Academy, Durham University and ordained in 1868. He held Curacies in Trowbridge, Tamworth, and Millbrook. He was Colonial Chaplain to British Guiana in 1870 before further curacies at St Paul's, Covent Gardenand in Mildenhall. In 1874 he went to India as a Chaplain, firstly to Bengal. In 1875 he was the Chaplain of Calcutta Cathedral. His service on the North West Frontier included stints at Sialkot, Karachi, Amritsar, Ferozepore, Multan and Simla before his years as Archdeacon.