William Fletcher (priest)

William Henry Fletcher was a Welsh Anglican priest in the first third of the 20th century who rose to become Archdeacon of Wrexham.[1]

Fletcher was educated at Shrewsbury and Christ Church.[2] He was Curate of Holy Trinity, Shrewsbury from 1876 to 1878; Vicar of Criftins from 1878 to 1882; Vicar of Holy Trinity, Shrewsbury from 1883[3] to 1888; Vicar of Oswestry from 1888[4] to 1891; Vicar of Wrexham from 1891 to[5] 1907; Rural Dean of Wrexham from 1891 to 1907; and Rector of Marchwiel from 1907[6] until his appointment as Archdeacon.[7]

He died on 2 April 1926.

References

  1. Children's Homes
  2. "Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886; their parentage, birthplace and year of birth, with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the University " Foster, J, Vol 2 p471: Oxford, Parker & Co, 1888
  3. THE CHURCH Nottinghamshire Guardian (London, England), Friday, January 05, 1883; pg. 6; Issue 1963
  4. Church News The Newcastle Weekly Courant (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England), Friday, January 13, 1888 Issue 11113
  5. LOCAL NEWS. Wrexham Advertiser Saturday, June 24, 1893; pg. 5
  6. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30Oxford, OUP, 1929
  7. ‘FLETCHER, 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 12 Feb 2016
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Llewelyn Wynne Jones
Archdeacon of Wrexham
1910 1925
Succeeded by
Lewis Pryce


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