Alfred Gatty

Alfred Gatty (18 April 1813 – 20 January 1903) was a Church of England vicar and author.

He was born in London to Robert Gatty, a solicitor, and Margaret Jones, and was educated first at Charterhouse and then at Eton College.

He was ordained priest in 1838, and was appointed vicar of Ecclesfield on 23 September 1839, a position he held until his death.

[1] They had ten children (though two died in infancy), including the judge Stephen Herbert Gatty, the author Juliana Horatia Ewing, antiquary, author and lecturer Charles Tindal Gatty and the officer of arms and composer Alfred Scott-Gatty.

[1] With Margaret Gatty: As sole author: In 1869 he published an enlarged edition of Joseph Hunter's Hallamshire.