Researching Walter Tribe
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The name Walter means "powerful warrior" and is of German origin.
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Walter Tribe and the Tribe Genealogy
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 1112 people with the Tribe surname in the UK? Tribe is now ranked number 3004 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Walter Tribe
Walter Tribe
The Ven Walter Harry Tribe, MA (1832 – 1909) was Archdeacon of Lahore from 1885 to 1892.
He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford and ordained in 1857. After a curacy at Broughton, Hampshire he was Rector of Stockbridge from 1860 to 1867. Following this he served in the North West Frontier. He was at, successively, Bareilly, Agra, Delhi, Allahabad, Sealkote, Rawalpindi and Simla before his time as Archdeacon. Afterwards he was the Chaplain at Algiers from 1894 to 1895 when he became Vicar of Awliscombe.
In 1861 he married Sophy Lander and they had five children: Zoe (1862–1960) John Campbell (1870–1945), his twin William Foulkes (1870–1892), Charles Walter (1868–1915) and Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (1865–1937) a notable aviator and ornithologist.
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