W. H. H. Jervois

Short Name: W. H. H. Jervois
Full Name: Jervois, W. H. H. (William Henry Hammond), 1852-1905
Birth Year: 1852
Death Year: 1905

Born: October 1852, Alderney, Channel Islands, United Kingdom (where his father was stationed)
Died: August 5, 1905, St. Marylebone, London, England.

Jervois, William Henry Hammond, M.A., was born in Oct. 1852 on the Isle of Alderney, where his father, W. F. D. Jervois, afterwards Lieut. General, was then stationed. He was educated at Rugby and at Trinity College, Oxford (B.A. 1876, M.A. 1878), and was ordained D. 1878, P. 1879. He became Vicar of St. Mary Magdalene, Munster Square, London, in 1896, and died Aug. 5, 1905. He was, until his death, a member of the Committee who compiled The English Hymnal, 1906, and contributed to it:—
1. Father, see Thy children bending at Thy throne. Holy Communion. This was jointly with the Rev. W. R Trevelyan, Vicar of St. Matthew's, Westminster, London.
2. See, Father, Thy beloved Son. Holy Communion.
3. Wherefore, O Father, we Thy humble servants. Holy Communion. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)


Texts by W. H. H. Jervois (5)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Father almighty, we your humble servantsW. H. H. Jervois (1852-1905) (Author)1
Father, see Thy children bending at Thy throneW. H. Jervois (Author)English16
Lord Jesus, we adore Thee nowW. H. H. Jervois (Author)English2
See, Father, thy beloved SonWilliam H. H. Jervois (Author)English4
Wherefore, O Father, we Thy humble servants (Jervois)W. H. Jervois (Author)English16
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