David Watcyn Morgan Explained

David Watcyn Morgan (or Watkin-Morgan; 7 March 1859[1] – 6 May 1940) was the seventh Dean[2] of St David's.[3] from 1931 to 1940

He was born in 1859[4] and educated at St David's College, Lampeter and became Perpetual curate of Morriston in 1886.[5] He was a Canon of St David's Cathedral from 1919 until his accession to the Deanery. He died in post on 6 May 1940[6] and is buried at Old Road Cemetery, Carmarthenshire.[7]

References

  1. 1939 England and Wales Register
  2. Although an ancient foundation, before 1840 the senior residentiary cleric was the Precentor, and not a Dean, due to a complication during the dissolution of the monasteries > “Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi, 1181-1981 / St David's Cathedral, 1181-1981” St David's, Gwasg yr Oriel Fach, 1981
  3. [Who's Who|Who was Who]
  4. http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=4643 Ceredigion CC web-site
  5. http://lervy.net/hugh/church/groups.php?groupname=history History of St Davids Church
  6. "Deaths" The Times Tuesday, May 07, 1940; pg. 1; Issue 48609; col A
  7. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CARMARTHENSHIRE-FHS/2009-11/1258393131 Rootsweb

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