1858–1945

Introduction

Born: Au­gust 10, 1858, Bays­wa­ter, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Died: No­vem­ber 17, 1945, Jer­sey, Chan­nel Is­lands.

Buried: “Mr. Ath­el­stan Ri­ley, Seign­eur de la Tri­nite, the ec­cle­si­olo­gist and an­ti­qua­ry, who re­fused to leave his house when the Ger­mans oc­cu­pied the is­land, di­rect­ed in his will, pub­lished to-day, that he ‘be bur­ied in the Ri­ley Tomb in Trin­ity Church, Jer­sey, and his heart sent to Eng­land and bur­ied in the Ri­ley Chan­try Cha­pel at St. Pet­roc Min­or, Corn­wall.’” Glou­ces­ter­shire Ec­ho, Au­gust 20, 1946.

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Biography

John was the hus­band of An­da­lu­sia Moles­worth, daugh­ter of Sam­uel Moles­worth, 8th Vis­count Moles­worth.

He gra­du­at­ed from Et­on and from Pemb­roke Col­lege, Ox­ford (BA 1881, MA 1883).

For much of his life he was a mem­ber of the House of La­ity for the Prov­ince of Can­ter­bu­ry. At some point he ac­quired the Man­oir de la Tri­ni­té in Jer­sey, and thus be­came Seign­eur of the Is­land of Jer­sey. He was on the is­land when the Ger­mans in­vad­ed in World War II, and spent the rest of his life there.

Works

Lyrics

  1. Come, Let Us Join the Church Ab­ove
  2. O Food to Pil­grims Giv­en
  3. Saints of God! Lo, Je­su’s Peo­ple
  4. Ye Watch­ers and Ye Ho­ly Ones

Translations

  1. All Hail, Ye Lit­tle Mar­tyr Flow­ers
  2. Another Year Com­plet­ed
  3. Christ, the Fair Glo­ry of the Ho­ly An­gels
  4. Dost Thou Tru­ly Seek Re­nown?
  5. Hail, O Star That Point­est
  6. O Food to Men Way­far­ing
  7. Praises of That Saint We Sing, The
  8. What Sweet of Life En­dur­eth?

Sources