William Ducat

The Ven. William Methven Gordon Ducat (17 March 1847-17 March 1922) was the Archdeacon of Berkshire^[1] from 1903 until his death.^[2]^[3]

Ducat was born in Edinburgh^[4] and educated at Edinburgh Academy^[5] and Balliol College, Oxford ^[6] and ordained in 1873.^[7]

Ducat began his ordained ministry as a curate of All Souls, Langham Place^[8] after which he was the chaplain of Cuddesdon College. He was the rector of Lamplugh from 1877 to 1880 when he became the principal of Leeds Clergy School. He returned to Cuddesdon in 1883^[9] where he remained until 1894 when he became the vicar of St Giles’s Reading,^[10] a position he held until 1911.^[11]

References

↑ NPG details
↑ ”The Clergy List” London, Kelly’s, 1913
↑ The Times, 18 March 1922; pg. 1; Issue 42983; col A, Deaths
↑ Rootsweb
↑ The Edinburgh Academy, The Caledonian Mercury, (Edinburgh, Scotland), 23 July 1863; Issue 23103
↑ University Intelligence, The Standard (London, England), 23 December 1871; pg. 6; Issue 14788, 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
↑ The Morning Post (London, England), 22 December 1873; pg. 2; Issue 31662, (1806 words), 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
↑ “Who was Who 1897-1990" London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ Ecclesiastical Intelligence, The Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), 30 June 1883; pg. 2; Issue 3865, 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
↑ The Times, 20 December 1894; pg. 6; Issue 34452; col A, Ecclesiastical Intelligence
↑ National Archives

Archdeacons of Berkshire

High Medieval	Roger Geoffrey de Vernun Alberic Geoffrey William of Merton Clement William de Raley Giles of Bridport William Walter Scammel Stephen of Newbury William de Berges

Late Medieval	Richard de Bello Tydo de Varesio Gilbert de Stapleton Robert de Ayleston Edmund de la Beche Thomas Paxton John Harewell Guillaume Cardinal d'Aigrefeuille Thomas Yokflete papal grants: Andrea Cardinal Bontempi Martini Christopher Cardinal Marini Walter Cook royal grants: John Southam Walter Cook Ralph Repyngton John Wynwyk John Southam Thomas Southam John Fraunceys Simon Sydenham Walter Medford Peter de Alcobasso Thomas Brunce John Castell Alexander Sparrow John Norton Richard Ewen Robert Stillington John Russell John Morton Richard Martyn Oliver King Stephen Bereworth Christopher Twineho Stephen Bereworth (again) William Grey Robert Audley

Early modern	John Crayford William Pye Thomas White Martin Culpepper, Dean of Chichester Leonel Sharp Edward Davenant John Ryves Peter Mews John Sharp William Richards Jonas Proast Richard West Edward Talbot Martin Benson Samuel Knight John Spry William Dodwell Arthur Onslow John Fisher Edward Berens Leslie Randall

Late modern	Alfred Pott William Ducat Richard Wickham Legg Arthur Parham, Bishop of Reading Eric Knell, Bishop of Reading Eric Wild, Bishop of Reading Raymond Birt John Brown David Griffiths Mike Hill Norman Russell Olivia Graham

Diocese of Oxford

Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Diocesan Church House, Oxford Dorchester Abbey Cuddesdon Palace Osney Abbey Area scheme (1984–present)

Office holders	Colin Fletcher, Acting Bishop of Oxford and area Bishop of Dorchester Alan Wilson, area Bishop of Buckingham Andrew Proud, area Bishop of Reading AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Martyn Percy, Dean of Christ Church Karen Gorham, Archdeacon of Buckingham Martin Gorick, Archdeacon of Oxford Olivia Graham, Archdeacon of Berkshire Judy French, Archdeacon of Dorchester

Selected deaneries	Deanery of Reading

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