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• Born April 17, 1869, Notting Hill, London. (Census)
• Son of the Rev. William Merrin.
• School, private and at King's College, London
• served for three years as an accountant in a Liverpool office.
• 1891, Draper's Clerk, Liverpool (Census)
• Ordained deacon (Rochester) 1895
• Curate of Holy Trinity, Lee, Kent, 1895-1900.
• Ordained Priest, 1896
• Adm. pens. at Christ's College, Cambridge, Apr. 27, 1900.
• Matric. Michs. 1900
• Curate of St Paul's, Cambridge, 1900-6. (St. Paul's Website)
• Winchester Reading Prize, 1903
• B.A. 1903
• Curate of Stoke-next-Guildford, 1906-7
• M.A. 1907.
• Vicar of St Philip-the-Evangelist, Islington, 1907-12. (Census)
• Curate of All Saints, Leyton, 1912-13.
• Curate of St John-the-Evangelist, Stratford, 1913-27.
• Rural Dean of West Ham, 1925-7.
• Rector of Keighley, Yorks., 1927-31.
• Died Oct. 29, 1931 at Willen, Newport Pagnell, Bucks.

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Clergy and laymen who are co-operating in the task of painting the railings of Stratford Parish Church were surprised some days ago when the Bishop of Chelmsford, in the course of a visit to the church, insisted on doing his share of the work.
Picking up a brush the bishop set to work and painted a portion of the railings. His work would have done credit to a professional. When it was found impossible to raise the £170 required to carry out the renovation work Mr. J. C. Nicholson, J.P., gave the paint, and the call for volunteers met with a ready response. The vicar the Rev. John Merrin, who is rural dean of West Ham, is foreman.

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