John Mee

John Mee (3 May 1824 in Nottingham – 19 September 1883 in Fort William)[1] was the inaugural Dean of Grahamstown in South Africa.

[2][3][a] He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge and ordained in 1849.

He was the incumbent at Riddings from 1850 to 1854 when he went with the CMS to South Africa.

[5] He was married twice; first to Eleanor Flower of Derby; their son was the Oxford clergyman, composer and author on musical subjects John Henry Mee.

He married his second wife, Ellen Mary Marten, on 26 April 1866 at St. Thomas', Upper Clapton.