Alfred Swann (priest) explained

Rev. Canon Alfred Swann, MA, DSC (12 July 1893^[1] – 7 October 1961) was Dean and Archdeacon of Hong Kong from 1927 to 1935.^[2]

Biography

He was born in Japan to British parents.^[3] He was educated at Rugby and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. After wartime service in the RNVR^[4] he was ordained in 1922. Following a curacy in Kirkburton^[5] he was Vicar of Liversedge before his time in Hong Kong; and held incumbencies in Wiltshire^[6] and Somerset afterwards.

Notes and References

1. 1939 England and Wales Register
2. "SWANN, Rev. Canon Alfred", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 26 Aug 2014
3. 1901 England Census
4. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29186/page/5513/data.pdf London Gazette
5. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
6. "Ecclesiastical News." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jan 11, 1936; pg. 15; Issue 47269