Rector, Church of the Incarnation
Centurion, 1896–1916
Born 20 June 1863 in New London, Connecticut
Died 9 December 1916 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Cedar Grove Cemetery
, New London, Connecticut
Proposed by Anson Phelps Stokes, Charles Lanier, and Henry Codman Potter
Elected 7 March 1896 at age thirty-two
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Century Memorial
As Dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, William Mercer Grosvenor closed an ardent and useful life spent in the priesthood of the Episcopal Church. For sixteen years he was the beloved rector of the Church of the Incarnation. He was a trustee of Williams College, Barnard College, the General Theological Seminary, and other institutions of learning or piety. His life, consecrated ex officio to charity and religion, fulfilled its service in devotion to his high calling.
Henry Osborn Taylor
1917 Century Association Yearbook