Watson Hand Explained

George Watson Hand (6 March 1750 in Hill Ridware – 3 February 1802 in City of London)[1] was Archdeacon of Dorset from 1780 to 1801.[2]

Hand was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1767, graduating B.A. in 1771, and M.A. in 1774. His first post was as Chaplain to Thomas Newton, Bishop of Bristol.[3] He held livings at St George Botolph Lane and St Giles-without-Cripplegate. He was a Prebendary of St Paul's and Salisbury.[4]

Notes and References

  1. 'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, February 05, 1802; Issue 10401
  2. From: 'Archdeacons: Dorset', Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 8: Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough dioceses (1996), pp. 19-20. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35303 Accessed 15 April 2018
  3. "The Ecclesiastical Division of the Diocese of Bristol" Boswell, E. p16: Sherborne, J.Penny, 1867
  4. http://db.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/DisplayPerson.jsp?PersonID=30342 Clergy database

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