William Uthwatt
William Andrewes Uthwatt (1882 - 4 December 1952[1] was a priest of the Church of England.[2] He was the Archdeacon of Huntingdon from 1943 to 1947.[3][4]
Andrewes Uthwatt was born in Ballarat and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.[5] He was ordained in 1904 and was a curate at St Mary’s Portsea. Later he was Archdeacon of the Solomon Islands and then a temporary chaplain to the British Armed Forces during World War I.[6] When peace returned he was a curate at Southwell Minster and then held incumbencies in Derby, Bottisham Brampton and finally Diddington.[7]
Augustus Uthwatt, Baron Uthwatt, his brother, was a prominent judge.
References
- ↑ The Times, 24 June 1952, p8, "The Ven. W. A. Uthwatt"
- ↑ London Gazette, 24 August 1920
- ↑ Cambridgeshire archives
- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ Who was Who 1897-2007, London, A & C Black, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ Great War Forums
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory Oxford, OUP, 1948
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Preceded by Kenneth Davenport Knowles |
Archdeacon of Huntingdon 1943–1947 |
Succeeded by James Jones |
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