Bernard Williams (priest)

Bernard Williams^[1] was an Anglican priest. He was the son of the Rev. Henry Williams ( b. 1844). Bernard was born on 14 December 1869 at Croxton, Norfolk. He went to school at Bury St Edmunds and Norwich. He matriculated in 1889.

Williams was admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge on 4 April 1889^[2] and graduated B.A. 1892 and M.A. 1898.

He was ordained deacon at Exeter in 1899 and priest in 1899. He served a curacies at Chittlehampton, Devon, 1899-1902 and at Indwe, Diocese of Grahamstown, 1902-6. His further career included:

Priest Vicar of Grahamstown Cathedral, 1906-8.
Priest-in-charge of St Saviour's, East London, 1908-14.
Rector of East London, 1914-16.
Dean, Archdeacon, and Rector of the Grahamstown Cathedral 1916-27.
Vicar General of Grahamstown, 1920-7.^[3]
Provost and Vicar of Portsmouth, 1927-30.^[4]^[5]
Rural Dean of Portsmouth, 1928-30.
Honorary Canon of Portsmouth, 1928-35.
Rector of Buriton, Hampshire, 1930-5.

He died in Pietermaritzburg in 1943.^[6]

References

↑ The Times, 3 October 1935; pg. 15; Issue 47185; col E, Ecclesiastical News Resignation of the first Provost of Portsmouth
↑ "Bernard Williams (WLMS889B)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p 1406: Oxford, OUP, 1929
↑ William George Gates (1900). Illustrated History of Portsmouth. Charpentier & Company.
↑ Tim Backhouse. "THE VICARS OF PORTSMOUTH (ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH) - 1260-2009". History In Portsmouth. Tim Backhouse/CIS. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
↑ Deaths, The Times, 23 February 1943; pg. 1; Issue 49477; col A

Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
Preceded by Francis Phelps	Dean of Grahamstown 1916 – 1927	Succeeded by Edmund Blundell
Church of England titles
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Provost of Portsmouth 1927 – 1930	Succeeded by Thomas Heywood Masters

Dean of Grahamstown

John Mee Frederick Williams Davis Croghan John Holmes Francis Carter Ranulph Vincent Francis Phelps Bernard Williams Edmund Blundell Frank Crosse Jimmy Beaufort John Hodson Kenneth Oram Michael Nuttall Godfrey Ashby Roy Barker Anthony Mdletshe Chich Hewitt John Stubbs Andrew Hunter

Provosts and Deans of Portsmouth

Provosts	Bernard Williams Thomas Masters Eric Porter Goff Michael Nott David Stancliffe Michael Yorke William Taylor (became Dean)

Deans	William Taylor (previously Provost) David Brindley

Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth

Portsmouth Cathedral Bishopsgrove, Fareham Portsmouth Diocesan Office

Office holders	Christopher Foster, Bishop of Portsmouth AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough David Brindley, Dean of Portsmouth Gavin Collins, Archdeacon of The Meon Peter Sutton, Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight Joanne Grenfell, Archdeacon of Portsdown

Historic offices	Provost of Portsmouth (1927–2000; see Dean of Portsmouth) Archdeacon of Portsmouth (1924–1999)

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