Hall Christopher Newman

Hall, Christopher Newman (b. 1816), a Congregationalist preacher and writer, was born at Maidstone. Having graduated with distinction at London University and gained the law fellowship, he preferred entering the ministry to going to the bar. In 1854 he left the Albion Congregational Church for Surrey Chapel, now called Christ Church, Lambeth. Among his devotional works are The Call of the Master (1855) and The Man Christ Jesus.