William Weekes (priest)

William Haye Weekes (born Cambridge, 5 March 1867 – died Kenilworth 2 August 1945)[1] was Dean of Bloemfontein[2] in South Africa from 1922 to 1940.[3]

He was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge;[4] and ordained in 1891. After a curacy at St Sidwell, Ex3eter he was Chaplain to the Bishop of Bloemfontein.[5] In 1896 he became Rector of Makefing.[6] He was Rector at Beaconsfield from 1901 until 1912; and then of Kroonstad until 1917. He was Archdeacon of Kimberley from 1905 to[7] 1917; and of Bloemfontein[8] (and Vicar of the Cathedral Parish) from 1917 to 1940. He was appointed a Chaplain of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in 1931.[9]

References
  1. Obituary. The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 04, 1945; pg. 6; Issue 50212
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p 1373: Oxford, OUP, 1929
  3. ‘WEEKES, Rev. William Haye’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 28 May 2014
  4. Cambridge University Calendar 1901-02 p930
  5. 'ECCLESIASTICAL APPOINTMENTS' The Standard (London, England), Thursday, July 05, 1894; pg. 7; Issue 21842
  6. 'The English Church at Mafeking' The Graphic (London, England), Saturday, February 24, 1900; Issue 1578
  7. "Notes and Queries", Jan. 26, 1907. 10th SERIES. VOLUME VI. JULY to DECEMBER, 1906. London , Francis Bros, 1906
  8. "St Paul Dock Street". Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  9. "No. 33728". The London Gazette. 23 June 1931. p. 4071.


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