Walter Farrer Explained

Walter Farrer (18 May 1862 – 19 December 1934) was a British Church of England priest, most notably Archdeacon of Wells from 1917 until his death.^[1]

Farrer was educated at Balliol College, Oxford and Wells Theological College. He was ordained deacon in 1886, and priest in 1888.^[2] After a curacy in Leeds he became Rector of Wincanton in 1889; then Vicar of Chard, Somerset in 1897. He was then vicar of St Cuthbert, Wells from 1916 to 1919.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Archdeacon Farrer The Times (London, England), Friday, Dec 21, 1934; pg. 17; Issue 46943
2. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
3. FARRER, Ven. Walter’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016 ; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 8 Oct 2017