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Walter Farrer

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Memorial in Wells Cathedral.

Walter Farrer (18 May 1862 – 19 December 1934) was a British Church of England priest, most notably Archdeacon of Wells from 1917 until his death.[1]

Farrer was educated at Balliol College, Oxford[2] and Wells Theological College. He was ordained deacon in 1886, and priest in 1888.[3] After a curacy in Leeds he became Rector of Wincanton in 1889; then Vicar of Chard, Somerset in 1897. He was then vicar of St Cuthbert, Wells from 1916 to 1919.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Archdeacon Farrer The Times (London, England), Friday, Dec 21, 1934; pg. 17; Issue 46943
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Farrer, Walter" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1898 p 451: London, Horace Cox, 1898
  4. ^ FARRER, Ven. Walter’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 8 Oct 2017
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Wells
1917–1934
Succeeded by