William Uthwatt
William Andrewes Uthwatt (1882 – 4 December 1952)[1] was a priest of the Church of England.[2] He was the Archdeacon of Huntingdon from 1943 to 1947.[3][4]
Life
[edit]Andrewes Uthwatt was born in Ballarat, the son of Thomas Andrewes, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.[5][6] He was ordained in 1904 and was a curate at St Mary's Portsea. Later he was Archdeacon of Northern Melanesia and then a temporary chaplain to the British Armed Forces during World War I.[7] When peace returned he was a curate at Southwell Minster and then held incumbencies in Derby, Bottisham, Brampton and finally Diddington.[8]
Augustus Uthwatt, Baron Uthwatt, his brother, was a prominent judge.
References
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- ↑ The Times, 24 June 1952, p8, "The Ven. W. A. Uthwatt"
- ↑ London Gazette, 24 August 1920
- ↑ Cambridgeshire archives
- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ "Andrewes-Uthwatt, William (ANDS900W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ Who was Who 1897-2007, London, A & C Black, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ Great War Forums
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory Oxford, OUP, 1948