Agnew Giffard

The Very Rev Agnew Walter Giles Giffard MA [1] was an eminent Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th century.

Born in Guernsey on 28 April 1869, he was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey and The Queen's College, Oxford and ordained in 1895.[2] After a curacy in Aylesford he held incumbencies at Manton,[3] Messingham with East Butterwick and Sparsholt with Kingston Lisle.

In 1931 he became Dean of Guernsey, a post he held until [4] his death in 1947.[5]

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Church of England titles
Preceded by
Douglas Falkland Carey
Dean of Guernsey
19311947
Succeeded by
Edward Louis Frossard


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