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strong, so in a measure he suffered less from his privation than 

 some of his less robust fellow-workers ; but his height made some 

 of the wayside iron beds and the dug-outs somewhat inadequate 

 at times. 



I think what he termed his " rude health " partly accounted 

 for his cheerfulness and sunny temper. Like most gentle 

 natures, he hated pain for anybody or anything, and I am glad 

 his own end was not one of long suffering. 



His religion was unostentatious, but very real. An intimate 

 friend, speaking of his views, said, " He disliked the term 

 ' high church ' and ' broad church,' and he could not have been 

 classified under either heading, as a broad-churchman is so 

 liberal in his views as to have no principles left, and a high- 

 churchman is a person who can be enthusiastic over the cut of 

 a cope or number of candles. Rupert Inglis was a loyal adherent 

 of the Catholic party in the Church of England, and was fearless 

 in upholding what he felt to be the true ideals of the historic 

 Church." 



That may have been his friend's view, but I think Mr. Inglis 

 was undoubtedly what we mean when we say a man is High 

 Church. It is a silly expression, but through custom it conveys 

 to our minds certain mental and religious attitudes. 



He was a man of quick temper, but well controlled, 

 devoted to all his family and very proud of his children. He 

 married the daughter of Mr. W. O. Gilchrist, of Queen's Gate. 



Mr. Inglis was born just after his father's death and spent a 

 good deal of his childhood with the Chelmsford grandparents. 

 Once when staying with them he shot a hare which was not on 

 the family preserves. When it appeared on the table Lord 

 Chelmsford, meaning to reprimand his grandson in a kindly way, 

 said, " I cannot possibly eat poached hare." Rupert replied, 

 " You eat poached eggs, so why not poached hare ? " 



From his earliest years Mr. Inglis had a distinct vocation for 

 Holy Orders. He studied under Canon Luckock for a couple of 

 terms, then went abroad to study languages, and returned to 

 study under Canon Newbolt, whose influence was one of the 

 strongest in his life. 



After being ordained in 1889, he held curacies at Helm ley, 

 in Yorkshire, and later at Basingstoke. While curate at 

 Helmsley, he was told by a farmer's wife, whom he was visiting. 



