St John Basil Wynne Willson was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century. He was the Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1921 to 1937.[1][2]
He was born on 28 August 1868 and educated at Cheltenham and St John's College, Cambridge.[3] He was an Assistant Master at The Leys School and Rugby before Headships at Haileybury College and Marlborough.[4] Ordained in 1904, he was appointed Dean of Bristol in 1916,[5] a post he held for five years[6] before his ordination to the episcopate as the Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1921.[7] He married Alice Wills[8], retired in 1937,[9] and died on 15 October 1946.[10]
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| Preceded by Francis Pigou |
Dean of Bristol 1916 –1921 |
Succeeded by Edward Arthur Burroughs |
| Preceded by George Wyndham Kennion |
Bishop of Bath and Wells 1921 –1937 |
Succeeded by Francis Underhill |
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