Dictionary of Indian Biography/Bellew, Rev. John Chippendall Montesquieu
BELLEW, REV. JOHN CHIPPENDALL MONTESQUIEU (1823–1874)
Son of Capt. R. Higgins: born Aug. 3, 1823: educated at Lancaster, and St.Mary's Hall, Oxford: took his mother's family name in 1844: ordained in 1848: went to Calcutta in 1851 and became Chaplain of St. John's Church for 4 years: edited there the Bengal Hurkaru: returning to England in 1855, he became a popular preacher in London, but in 1868 was a convert to Roman Catholicism, and supported himself by public readings and literary work: he had great success as a master of elocution and from his handsome appearance: he died June 19, 1874.