Walter Lawrance
This article is about the Dean of St Albans. For the Australian politician, see Walter Lawrence. For the American politician, see Walter E. Lawrence.
Walter John Lawrance was a priest in the Church of England at the end of the 19th century and the very first part of the 20th.[1]
Lawrance was born in 1840 and educated at St Paul’s and Trinity College, Cambridge,[2] and ordained in 1864.[3] His first position was as a curate in St Albans, after which he became the church's rector, the Archdeacon of St Albans[4] and finally the first Dean of St Albans. An Honorary Chaplain to the Queen,[5] he died on 12 August 1914.[6]
References
- ↑ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ↑ "Lawrance, Walter John (LWRN858WJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London, John Phillips, 1900
- ↑ A short history of the Abbey
- ↑ The Times, 1 January 1896, "Ecclesiastical Intelligence: New Honorary Chaplains to The Queen"
- ↑ "Death Of The Dean Of St. Albans", The Times, 13 August 1914
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Dean of St Albans 1900 –1914 |
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