James Allen (priest) explained

James Allen (15 July 1802 – 26 June 1897) was an Anglican clergyman, the second Dean[1] of St David's.[2]

Allen was born in Burton, Pembrokeshire. He was educated at Westminster, Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge,[3] graduating in 1825.[4] He was Vicar of Castlemartin from 1839 to 1872, and a Canon Residentiary at St David's before his elevation to the Deanery.
He died on 26 June 1897 at St David's.[5]

References

  1. Although it was 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
  2. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  3. [Who's Who|Who was Who]
  4. [The Times]
  5. THE LATE DEAN OF ST. DAVID'S. Liverpool Mercury (Liverpool, England), Tuesday, June 29, 1897; Issue 15443. Venn's Alumni Cantabrigienses gives his day of death as 25 June.

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