William Bretton

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William Frederick Bretton (2 May 1909 – 4 November 1971[1]) was the Dean of Nelson from 1957 [2] until 1970.

Bretton was educated at

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In 1953, Bretton was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[3]

References

  1. ^ ‘BRETTON, Very Rev. William Frederick’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 8 Nov 2013
  2. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1959-60 p132 Oxford, OUP, 1959
  3. ^ "Coronation Medal" (PDF). Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette. No. 37. 3 July 1953. pp. 1021–1035. Retrieved 17 April 2021.