William Welchman (1866–1954) was Archdeacon of Bristol[1] from 1927 to 1937.[2]
Welchman was born in Cullompton[3] and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. He was ordained after a period of study at Ridley Hall, Cambridge in 1891.[4] After a curacy at St Paul's, Leamington Spa[5] he was a missionary in Ceylon from 1892 to 1899. He was the Vicar of Fishponds, Bristol from 1901 to 1907; and of Temple Church in the same city until 1941.
He died on 7 March 1954.[6]
References edit
- ^ Ecclesiastical News The Times (London, England), Thursday, 25 November 1937; pg. 19; Issue 47851
- ^ ‘WELCHMAN, Ven. William’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2012 ; online edn, November 2012 accessed 27 April 2013
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929–30 Oxford, OUP, 1929, p. 1374
- ^ Church web site
- ^ Obituary The Times (London, England), Tuesday, March 9, 1954; pg. 6; Issue 52875
