Agnew Giffard
The Very Rev Agnew Walter Giles Giffard MA [1] was an eminent Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th century.
Born in Guernsey on 28 April 1869, he was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey and The Queen's College, Oxford and ordained in 1895.[2] After a curacy in Aylesford he held incumbencies at Manton,[3] Messingham with East Butterwick and Sparsholt with Kingston Lisle.
In 1931 he became Dean of Guernsey, a post he held until [4] his death in 1947.[5]
References
- ↑ Genealogical web site
- ↑ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ↑ London Gazette 11 August 1899
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ↑ London Gazette 11 July 1947
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Dean of Guernsey 1931–1947 |
Succeeded by Edward Louis Frossard |
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