Edge Rewrite
// HTMLRewriter · presentation

This page was redesigned at the edge.

Cloudflare fetched the original article and streamed it through HTMLRewriter to apply an entirely new visual system without rebuilding the source page.

Jump to content

Spencer Ellis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vorley Spencer Ellis (known as Spencer;[1] 1882 – 2 August 1977[2]) was a Welsh Anglican priest[3] in the mid 20th century.

Ellis was born into an ecclesiastical family[4] and educated at Ruthin School and St Catherine's College, Oxford. Ordained in 1908,[5] he began his career with a curacy at Chesterfield Parish Church.[6] From 1912 to 1938 he held three incumbencies in Liverpool. In 1938 he was appointed Dean of St Asaph,[7] a position he held for 19 years.

References

[edit]
  1. A Real Blast from the Past...
  2. The Times, 5 August 1977; pg. 24; Issue 60074; col B Deaths
  3. Deans of Asaph
  4. His father was the Rev. R. Ellis, sometime Vicar of Llangollen, “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  5. "The Clergy List" London, Kelly’s, 1913
  6. Church website
  7. The Times, Saturday, Jul 16, 1938; pg. 15; Issue 48048; col F Ecclesiastical News Deanery Of St. Asaph