Ernald Lane

Who was Ernald Lane?

Ernald Lane was an Anglican priest in the late 19th Century and the early part of the 20th.

He was born the son of John Newton Lane of King's Bromley, Staffordshire and educated at Balliol College, Oxford. A fine rower who represented Oxford in the 1858 Boat Race he was ordained in 1862 and was a curate at Baldersby, Rector of Leigh, Staffordshire and then a prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral until 1888 when he became Archdeacon of Stoke.

A noted scholar, he was the Dean of Rochester from 1904 until 1913.

He married in 1879 Evelyn, the daughter of J. W. Philips of Heybridge, Staffordshire.