William Askwith Explained

William Henry Askwith[1] (17 September 1843 - 9 April 1911) was Archdeacon of Taunton[2] from 1903[3] until his death.[4]

Askwith was educated at Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1867 and began his career with curacies at Tidcombe then New Radford.[5] He was Vicar of Christ Church, Derby from 1876 to 1887; then Vicar of St Mary Magdalene, Taunton,[6] for the rest of his life.[7]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28523/page/6179/data.pdf London Gazette
  2. v National Archives
  3. Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jul 08, 1903; pg. 4; Issue 37127
  4. The Archdeacon Of Taunton. The Times (London, England), Monday, Apr 10, 1911; pg. 11; Issue 39555
  5. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockford's 1898]
  6. http://www.stmarymagdalenetaunton.org.uk/about-us/our-history/ Church history
  7. ‘ASKWITH, Ven. William Henry’, 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 24 Dec 2016

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