John Du Buisson

The Very Reverend John Clement Du Buisson MA (12 October 1871 – 18 April 1938[1]) was an eminent Anglican priest[2] in the first half of the 20th century.

Du Buisson was born into an ecclesiastical family[3] and educated at Hereford Cathedral School[4] and Magdalen College, Oxford. Ordained in 1897,[5] he began his career with a curacy at Hawarden[6] after which he was Subwarden then Warden of Bishop’s Hostel, Lincoln. He was then Warden of St Deiniol's Library.[7] until his appointment in 1921 as Dean of St Asaph

References

  1. ^ Obituary The Dean Of St. Asaph The Times Monday, Apr 18, 1938; pg. 12; Issue 47971; col E
  2. ^ St Asaph Cathedral web-site
  3. ^ His father was the Rev. E. Du Buisson, Vicar of Breinton in Herefordshire >“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
  4. ^ University Intelligence. Oxford, March 25. The Times Tuesday, Mar 26, 1889; pg. 10; Issue 32656; col B
  5. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  6. ^ Rootsweb
  7. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Llewelyn Wynne Jones
Dean of St Asaph
1927 – 1938
Succeeded by
Spencer Ellis