Person    | Male  Born 11/1/1828  Died 28/12/1911

Albert Barff

Albert Barff

Head of the choir school at St Pauls.  When he died he was vicar of St. Giles's, Cripplegate, and Prebendary of St. Paul's.

Andrew Behan and kindly researched this entry for us:
Born 2 Paradise Place, Hackney, the son of Frederick and Mary Barff née Harris. His father was a surgeon. In June 1841 the family were living at Portland Place Hackney. He gained his M.A. at Pembroke College, Oxford and in 1858 he was the vicar of North Moreton church, Berkshire where he formed the Moreton Cricket Club. He remained in North Moreton for many years but on the April 1881 census he is shown as the headmaster of St Pauls Choir School at 28-36 Carter Lane which educated boys aged between 8 and 14 years and trained them as choristers for St Paul's Cathedral. In April 1891 he was the vicar of St Giles, Cripplegate and was living in the vicarage in Well Street. He died, a bachelor, at the West London Hospital, Hammersmith. His estate amounted to £3,840 6s.11d.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Albert Barff

Creations i

St Paul’s Choir school

The feast of the conversion of St Paul is on 25th January which gives the ere...

Read More

Other Subjects

Winifred Darch

Winifred Darch

Author and teacher. Born in Brighton. A prolific writer of novels, mainly for girls. From 1906 to 1935, she worked as a teacher and housemistress at the High School for Girls, Loughton. We cannot f...

Person, Education, Literature

1 memorial
Clive Brain, OBE

Clive Brain, OBE

Clive Brian was born on 13 December 1939, the son of Frank Brain (1909-1969) and Nora Maude Brain née Fairweather (1907-1976). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1940 in the Surrey Sout...

Person, Education, Tragedy

1 memorial
Royal School of Naval Architecture

Royal School of Naval Architecture

Established in South Kensington on the site now occupied by the V&A Museum.

Group, Architecture, Education

1 memorial
Hisanari Machida

Hisanari Machida

Became a student at UCL in 1865.

Person, Education, Japan

1 memorial
Dositey Obradovich

Dositey Obradovich

Author, philosopher, linguist, polyglot (knew 10 languages) and first minister of education of Serbia. Often referred to by just his first name. Died Belgrade. Pictured on Yugoslavian 5,000 dinara ...

Person, Education, Literature, Philosophy, Serbia

1 memorial

Previously viewed

Nelly Power

Nelly Power

N1, Southgate Road, 97

Nelly Power (1854 - 1887) actress & singer, lived here. The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Henry Mayhew

Henry Mayhew

Social researcher and journalist.  Born London.  Joint founding editor with Mark Lemon, of the magazine 'Punch' and author of 'London Labour and the London Poor'. Born into a wealthy London family,...

Person, Journalism / Publishing

1 memorial