Memorial in Chester Cathedral
George William Outram Addleshaw (1 December 1906 – 14 June 1982) was an Anglican cleric who was Dean of Chester in the third quarter of the 20th century.[ 1]
He was born in 1906 in Gorefield Vicarage , Wisbech , Cambridgeshire , the son of Canon Stanley Addleshaw.[ 2] He was educated at Bromsgrove and Trinity College, Oxford .[ 3] Ordained in 1931, he was initially a Curate at Highfield Parish Church, Southampton . Following this he became Vice Principal of St Chad's College, Durham , then a Canon Residentiary at York Minster before his elevation to the Deanery of Chester .[ 4] A man with extensive knowledge of church architecture,[ 5] he died on 14 June 1982.[ 6]
10 Precentor's Court, York, where Addleshaw was living in the 1950s
In the 1950s, Addleshaw was living at 10 Precentor's Court , adjacent to York Minster.[ 7]
References
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975/1976 Lambeth, Church House Publishing (ISBN (invalid) 0108153674, alternate version: ISBN 0-19-200008-X , OCLC 25885092 , OCLC 59162245 )
^ "Births" . Luton Times and Advertiser . 7 December 1906. p. 8. Retrieved 11 September 2024 .
^ Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black , 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
^ "Ecclesiastical News New Dean Of Chester". The Times Thursday, 8 November 1962; p. 7; Issue 55543; col D
^ British History On-line
^ The Times , Friday, 18 June 1982; p. 12; Issue 61263; col F "Obituary Very Rev George Addleshaw"
^ Transactions of the Royal Historical Society , Royal Historical Society (1952), p. 187
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