William Askwith

Summary

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 edit

  1. ^ 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 1898 p41(London, Herbert Cox, 1898
  6. ^ 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