# Henry Huxtable

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**Henry Constantine Huxtable** (8 March 1826 – 18 June 1871) was [Bishop of Mauritius](/source/Bishop_of_Mauritius)[1] from November 1870[2] to July 1871.[3]

He was the son of surgeon Anthony Huxtable and his wife Mary Gooding, and was born 8 March 1826 at 3 King's Square, Bristol, England.[4][5] He was educated at [King's College London](/source/King's_College_London) and served as a missionary in [Sawyerpuram](/source/Sawyerpuram), Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu.

In 1849 he married Eliza Amier at [Bishop's Tawton](/source/Bishop's_Tawton) in Devon.[6] They were in Madras in 1852 when their son Henry Anthony was born. The family returned to England after the [1857 mutiny](/source/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857) and Huxtable became curate in sole charge of Hendford, [Yeovil](/source/Yeovil) for two years, followed by eight years as Rector of [Bettiscombe](/source/Bettiscombe), Somerset. He was appointed to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of the See of [Mauritius](/source/Mauritius) by [Queen Victoria](/source/Queen_Victoria) on 19 November 1870.[7]

Huxtable died in [Port Louis](/source/Port_Louis), Mauritius. on 18 June 1871. There is a memorial at St Bartholomew's Churchyard, [Sutton Waldron](/source/Sutton_Waldron), Dorset remembering the Bishop. Eliza then returned to live in England with her son, who became a solicitor and mayor of [Dorchester](/source/Dorchester,_Dorset).[8]

## References

1. *The Times*, Thursday, Nov 24, 1870; pg. 5; Issue 26916; col D "Court Circular"

1. *Birmingham Daily Post*, Wednesday, November 23, 1870; Issue 3853

1. ["Illustrated London News 1871"](https://www.iln.org.uk/iln_years/year/1871.htm). *iln.org.uk*. Retrieved 2025-10-16.

1. [Old Shirburnian website, *The Sherborne Register, Fourth Edition, 1550-1950*, page 53](https://oldshirburnian.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/The-Sherborne-Register-Fourth-Edition-1550-1950-word-resized.pdf)

1. General Register Office: Registers Of Births, Marriages And Deaths Surrendered To The Non-Parochial Registers Commissions of 1837.

1. Devon Marriages And Banns 1849.

1. Edinburgh Gazette 25 November 1870.

1. ["Dorchester, Dorset, England, St Peters, Parish, Marriages 1801-1900"](https://www.opcdorset.org/fordingtondorset/Files2/StPetersMarriages1801-1850.html). *www.opcdorset.org*. Retrieved 2025-10-16.

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