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''' Henry Leslie Williams''' (26 December 1919 – 2013) was [[Archdeacon of Chester]] <ref>[http://simonmarsh.org/2012/04/18/when-you-were-little/ Photo of Williams]</ref> from 1975 to 1988.<ref>{{cite web|title=WILLIAMS, Henry Leslie (1919 - 2013), Archdeacon of Chester, 1975–88|url=http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U39986|publisher=Who Was Who|accessdate=21 March 2015}}</ref>
''' Henry Leslie Williams''' (26 December 1919 – 2013) was [[Archdeacon of Chester]] <ref>[http://simonmarsh.org/2012/04/18/when-you-were-little/ Photo of Williams] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402151426/http://simonmarsh.org/2012/04/18/when-you-were-little/ |date=2015-04-02 }}</ref> from 1975 to 1988.<ref>{{cite web|title=WILLIAMS, Henry Leslie (1919 - 2013), Archdeacon of Chester, 1975–88|url=http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U39986|publisher=Who Was Who|accessdate=21 March 2015}}</ref>


Williams was educated at [[St David's College, Lampeter]] and [[ordained]] in 1944 following a period of study at [[St. Michael's College, Llandaff]].<ref>''[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]] 1948'' London: Oxford University Press, p 1431</ref> After [[Curate|curacies]] in [[Aberdovey]], [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]] and [[Chester]] he was [[Vicar]] of [[Barnston, Merseyside|Barnston]] from 1953 to 1984. He was also a [[Chaplain]] in the [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] from 1953 to 1962; [[Rural Dean]] of [[The Wirral|Wirral North]] from 1967 to 1975; an [[Canon (priest)|Honorary Canon]] of [[Chester Cathedral]] from 1972 to 1975; and a Member of the [[General Synod of the Church of England|General Synod]] from 1978 to 1988. <ref>WILLIAMS, Ven. Henry Leslie’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U39986, accessed 24 March 2013]</ref>
Williams was educated at [[St David's College, Lampeter]] and [[ordained]] in 1944 following a period of study at [[St. Michael's College, Llandaff]].<ref>''[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]] 1948'' London: Oxford University Press, p 1431</ref> After [[Curate|curacies]] in [[Aberdovey]], [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]] and [[Chester]] he was [[Vicar]] of [[Barnston, Merseyside|Barnston]] from 1953 to 1984. He was also a [[Chaplain]] in the [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] from 1953 to 1962; [[Rural Dean]] of [[The Wirral|Wirral North]] from 1967 to 1975; an [[Canon (priest)|Honorary Canon]] of [[Chester Cathedral]] from 1972 to 1975; and a Member of the [[General Synod of the Church of England|General Synod]] from 1978 to 1988. <ref>WILLIAMS, Ven. Henry Leslie’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U39986, accessed 24 March 2013]</ref>

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Henry Leslie Williams (26 December 1919 – 2013) was Archdeacon of Chester [1] from 1975 to 1988.[2]

Williams was educated at

Honorary Canon of Chester Cathedral from 1972 to 1975; and a Member of the General Synod from 1978 to 1988. [4]

Notes

  1. ^ Photo of Williams Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "WILLIAMS, Henry Leslie (1919 - 2013), Archdeacon of Chester, 1975–88". Who Was Who. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1948 London: Oxford University Press, p 1431
  4. ^ WILLIAMS, Ven. Henry Leslie’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 24 March 2013
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Leslie Gravatt Fisher
Archdeacon of Chester
1975–1988
Succeeded by
Michael Frederick Gear