The Late Mr. Devas
The death is reported of Mr. Charles S. Devas, which opcurred on November 6 while he was on a visit to his biother at Farningham, Kent. Mr. Devas was the son of William Devas, Woodside, Old Windsor, and was born in 18J8. lie was educated_"at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, where, he took first-class honors - in lawand 'modern; history. He entered^at Lincoln's Inn, intending to< become a barrister; but the intention was not carried out, The teachings of -Newman
and other leading converts made a deep impression on him, and he studied Catholic doctrinal questions- and Catholic literature closely. The result was that'he was received into the Catholic Church in 1869.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 1, 3 January 1907, Page 31
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115The Late Mr. Devas New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 1, 3 January 1907, Page 31
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