John Willink

John Wakefield Willink (24 October 1858 – 22 September 1927) was an Anglican dean^[1] in the first half of the 20th century.^[2]

Willink was educated at Clifton College^[3] and Pembroke College, Cambridge.^[4] Ordained in 1881,^[5] he held a curacy at Bishop Auckland before becoming Vicar of St John’s, Sunderland.^[6] In 1891 he moved to St Helens and then held further incumbencies at Great Yarmouth and St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham. He became Dean of Norwich^[7] in 1919 and held the post^[8] until his death on 22 September 1927.^[9]

Notes

↑ London Gazette
↑ National Archives
↑ Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ "Willink, John Wakefield (WLNK877JW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ Ordinations Durham The Times Wednesday, Dec 21, 1881; pg. 10; Issue 30383; col B
↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co, 1889
↑ Norfolk Record Office online catalogue
↑ ”Norwich Cathedral : church, city and diocese, 1096-1996” Atherton, I: London Hambledon Press, 1996 ISBN 1-85285-134-1
↑ The Dean Of Norwich. Sudden Death From Heart Attack. (Obituaries) The Times Friday, Sep 23, 1927; pg. 15; Issue 44694; col E

Church of England titles
Preceded by James Denton Thompson	Rector of St Martin in the Bull Ring 1912 - 1919	Succeeded by Edward Grose-Hodge
Preceded by Henry Charles Beeching	Dean of Norwich 1919–1927	Succeeded by Daniel Herbert Somerset Cranage

Deans of Norwich

Early modern	William Castleton John Salisbury John Christopherson John Boxall John Harpsfield John Salisbury George Gardiner Thomas Dove John Jegon George Montgomery Edmund Suckling John Hassal John Crofts Herbert Astley John Sharp Henry Fairfax Humphrey Prideaux Thomas Cole Robert Butts John Baron Thomas Bellock Edward Townshend Philip Lloyd

Late modern	Joseph Turner George Pellew Meyrick Goulburn William Lefroy Henry Wakefield Henry Beeching John Willink David Cranage Herbert St Barbe Holland Norman Hook Alan Webster David Edwards Paul Burbridge Stephen Platten Graham Smith Jane Hedges (announced)

Diocese of Norwich

Norwich Cathedral Bishop's House, Norwich Diocesan House, Norwich

Office holders	The Bishop of Norwich, Graham James The Bishop suffragan of Thetford, Alan Winton The Bishop suffragan of Lynn, Jonathan Meyrick AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough Dean-designate of Norwich, Jane Hedges Vice-Dean of Norwich, Jeremy Haselock The Archdeacon of Norwich, Jan McFarlane The Archdeacon of Lynn, John Ashe The Archdeacon of Norfolk, Steven Betts

Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Ipswich (1899–1909) Archdeacon of Suffolk (12th century–1914; formed Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich) Archdeacon of Sudbury (12th century–1837; transferred to Ely)

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