William MacLeod (priest) explained

William Arthur MacLeod was an Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th century.
He was born in Duns in 1867[1] and educated at Loretto School and Selwyn College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1892[2] and was initially a Curate at Christ Church, Greenwich. He then held similar posts at Addington and Godalming.[3] He was British Chaplain in St Petersburg from 1900 to 1908 and then Vicar of All Saints, South Acton until 1919 (including a spell as a Chaplain to the British Armed Forces during World War I) . He was Vicar of Wakefield from 1919 until his death; and when that church became a cathedral, its first Provost.[4]

References

  1. [Who's Who|"Who was Who" 1897-2007]
  2. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  3. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  4. [The Times]