Charles Thomas Ovenden (11 September 1846 – 9 July 1924)[1] was an Irish Anglican priest,[2] author,[3] and Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin of the Church of Ireland.
Later he was Rector of Dunluce, County Antrim[7] and then Succentor at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
Their daughters were paediatrician Isabella (‘Ella’) Gertrude Amy Webb (16 October 1877–1946) and Florence Irene Harriet Wynne-Finch (née Ovenden).
[12][13] They raised Charles Ovenden's niece, confusingly also named Isabella Gertrude Webb but born 28 October 1877.
The later child's parents, William Henry (Charles' brother) and Edith Ovenden née Lamb, fought contentious divorce and custody proceedings in New Zealand, as a result of which a judge placed Webb's cousin in the custody of Charles and Isabella in Ireland.