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{{Short description|English churchman, scholar, poet and writer (1810–1871)}}
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==Personal life==
Henry Alford married his cousin Frances (Fanny) Oke Alford on 10 March 1835 in [[Curry Rivel]], [[Somerset]]. They had four children, all born in Wymeswold, of whom both the sons died in childhood.<ref name=odnb>{{Cite ODNB|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/341|title=Alford, Henry}}</ref> The first was Clement Henry Oke, who died in 1844, aged
Henry and Francis' two daughters were:
{{block indent|(1) Alice Oke, born on 23 October 1836 and who died on 13 June 1908. She married William Thomas Bullock in Canterbury Cathedral. William, who was 18 years her senior, became the chaplain at Kensington Palace; he died on 27 February 1879.<ref>Personal communication from Chris Sutton, May 2024</ref>}}
{{block indent|(2) Frances Mary Oke, who married the Reverend Henry Edmund Tilsley Cruso on 12 February 1867 in Canterbury.}}
Henry Alford was the friend of many of his eminent contemporaries, and was much loved for his amiable character. He was buried at [[St Martin's Church, Canterbury]]. A description of the funeral and a tribute to Dean Alford were published in ''The Times''.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The late Dean Alford|location=London|newspaper=The Times|date=18 January 1871|page=5}}</ref> "The inscription on his tomb, chosen by himself, is ''Diversorium Viatoris Hierosolymam Proficiscentis'' ('the lodging place of a traveller on his way to Jerusalem')."{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} <!-- <ref>{{cite book|last = Duffield|first = Samuel Willoughby|title = English hymns : their authors and history|year = 2005|publisher = Kessinger Publishing|location = [England]|isbn = 9780766154292|page = 120|author-link = Samuel Willoughby Duffield}}</ref> -->
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