"In July 1867, the Revd. William Manchee was invited to and accepted the pastoral office (at Hertford), commencing his duties two months later. A strenuous and successful effort was made in 1870 to extinguish the debt on the church. Interest had evidently been maintained in the work of the Sunday School, for in 1874 its numerical strength was 23 teachers and 176 scholars. The Church Roll records the addition of 34 names. Mr. Manchee resigned in may 1872, with the intention of taking up missionary work in Madagascar."

Benjamin Disraeli became Prime Minister