Henry Francis Bather (8 February 1832 – 10 September 1905)[1] was Archdeacon of Ludlow[2] from 1891 to 1904.
[3] Bather was born in Shrewsbury, fifth and youngest son of John Bather, a barrister [4] who was lord of the manor of Meole Brace and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of the Reverend George Gipps of Ringwould, Kent, and sister of Sir George Gipps, Governor of Australia.
[4] He ordained by the Bishop of Lichfield deacon in 1855 and priest in 1856 and was the incumbent at Meole Brace near Shrewsbury from 1858 to 1897, and of nearby Sutton from 1887 to 1897, and Rural Dean of Pontesbury from 1883 to 1892.
[6] At Hereford Cathedral he was Prebendary from 1878 to 1893, Canon Residentiary from 1891, and Chancellor of the Choir from 1896 until his death in 1905.
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