Frederick Westcott Explained

Frederick Brooke Westcott, DD (16 December 1857 in Harrow – 24 February 1918 in Norwich) was Archdeacon of Norwich from 1910 until his death.^[1]

The son of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham from 1890 until 1901, he was educated at Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[2] He was an Assistant Master at Rugby School from 1884 to 1892; an Honorary Chaplain to Queen Victoria;^[3] and Headmaster of Sherborne School from 1892 until his appointment as Archdeacon.^[4]

Notes and References

1. 'WESTCOTT, Ven. Frederick Brooke', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 23 Dec 2016
2. Encyclopedia: J.A. . Venn . Westcott, Brooke Foss . Alumni Cantabrigienses . Cambridge University Press . VI, Part II . 411 .
3. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24718/page/3180/data.pdf London Gazette
4. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockford's 1908]