Douglas Carey Explained

Douglas Falkland Carey DSO (10 January 1876[1] – 2 January 1947) was an Anglican priest.

He was ordained in 1900,[2] he was Dean of Guernsey from 1922[3] until 1931. He served as an Army Chaplain in the First World War and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the 1918 New Year Honours.

Carey was born in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, to Arthur Edward Carey and Blanche Amelia Carey.[4] He married Ada Helen Barter in London in 1908.[5]

Notes and References

  1. 1939 England and Wales Register
  2. "Ordinations. St. Albans." The Times Wednesday, 3 October 1900; p. 13; Issue 36263; col C
  3. "Ecclesiastical News. New Dean of Guernsey." The Times Tuesday, 11 July 1922; p. 16; Issue 43080; col E
  4. 1891 England Census
  5. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754–1938

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