Watkin Williams (bishop)
Watkin Herbert Williams (22 August 1845
Williams was educated at
ordained in 1871.[9] His first post was a curacy at Rhosllanerchrugog.[10] He was vicar of Bodelwyddan from 1872 to 1892 and Archdeacon of St Asaph from 1889 to 1892.[11]
He was a very active
Worshipful Master in 1883, becoming Provincial Grand Chaplain for North Wales in the same year. He became the Grand Chaplain of the United Grand Lodge of England, the most senior clerical appointment in Freemasonry, in 1898.[12]
References
- ^ "Personal". Illustrated London News. 24 December 1898. p. 945.
- ^ thePeerage.com
- ^ The Times, 20 November 1944; pg. 4; Issue 49995; col F Obituary
- ISBN 978-0-7074-0309-0.
- ^ โThe Clergy Listโ London, Kelly's, 1913
- ^ Resignation Of The Bishop Of Bangor, The Times, 11 November 1924; pg. 14; Issue 43806; col F
- ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ "University Intelligence". London Evening Standard. No. 14433. 4 November 1870. p. 3 col B. Retrieved 28 April 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Ordinations. Lincoln., The Times, 27 December 1871; pg. 8; Issue 27257; col F
- ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 69.
- ^ The Times, 21 June 1889; pg. 13; Issue 32731; col B Ecclesiastical Appointments
- ^ Horsley (The Rev'd Canon), JW (1906). "Notes on the Grand Chaplains of England". Ars Quatuor Coronatorum. Vol. 19. London: Quatuor Coronati Correspondence Circle Ltd. p. 196.
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