Leslie Williams (archdeacon of Chester) explained

Leslie Williams (archdeacon of Chester) should not be confused with Leslie Williams (Archdeacon of Bristol).

Henry Leslie Williams (26 December 1919 – 2013) was Archdeacon of Chester^[1] from 1975 to 1988.^[2]

Williams was educated at St David's College, Lampeter and ordained in 1944 following a period of study at St. Michael's College, Llandaff.^[3] After curacies in Aberdyfi, Bangor and Chester he was Vicar of Barnston from 1953 to 1984. He was also a Chaplain in the Territorial Army from 1953 to 1962; Rural Dean of Wirral North from 1967 to 1975; an Honorary Canon of Chester Cathedral from 1972 to 1975; and a Member of the General Synod from 1978 to 1988.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://simonmarsh.org/2012/04/18/when-you-were-little/ Photo of Williams
2. Book: WILLIAMS, Henry Leslie (1919 - 2013), Archdeacon of Chester, 1975–88. Williams, Ven. Henry Leslie, (26 Dec. 1919–29 Sept. 2013), Archdeacon of Chester, 1975–88 . December 2007 . Who Was Who. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U39986 . 21 March 2015.
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1948 London: Oxford University Press, p 1431
4. WILLIAMS, Ven. Henry Leslie’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 24 March 2013