Arthur Watson (priest)

Arthur Herbert Watson (b Bootle, Cumberland 15 May 1864; d Keswick, Cumberland 13 July 1952) was Archdeacon of Richmond from 1921[1] until 1937.[2]

Watson was educated at Marlborough College and The Queen's College, Oxford.[3] Watson was ordained in 1890. After a curacy at Beeston Hill he was a Chaplain to the Forces in Natal then Vicar of St Peter, Maritzburg. He held further incumbencies at Ovingham, Long Preston and Kirkby Wiske. He was a Canon Residentiary of Ripon Cathedral from 1922[4] until 1937.

References
  1. Ecclesiastical News The Times (London, England), Friday, 6 January 1922; pg. 5; Issue 42922
  2. Ecclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 15 December 1937; pg. 10; Issue 47868
  3. "Danks, William". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2018 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 20 April 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p1363: London, OUP, 1929


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