Douglas John Wilson

The Rt Douglas John Wilson was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the mid 20th century ["Obituary-Right Rev D. J. Wilson" The Times Tuesday, Dec 02, 1980; pg. 14; Issue 60791; col G] . Born into an ecclesiastical family [His father was Canon J.K Wilson sometime Vicar of Bromley > “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X] on 8 August 1870 he was educated at Haileybury and Queens' College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1928 [ [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=031-pebe&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18 50th Anniversary service within National Archives] ] he was successively a Curate at Dartford, Vicar of Kingswinford and Archdeacon of Central America before his elevation to the Episcopate as Bishop of British Honduras. Translated to Trinidad in 1950 he returned to England as a Canon Residentiary of Wells Cathedral in 1956. He retired to Beaminster in 1973 [”Ancient and Modern-Recollections from the Countryside” Biles,T (Ed): Beaminster, Beaminster AreaTeam, 1986 ISBN 095119030X] and died on 30 November 1980.

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