John Du Buisson

The Very Reverend John Clement Du Buisson MA (12 October 1871 – 18 April 1938[1]) was an eminent Anglican priest[2] in the first half of the 20th century.

Du Buisson was born into an ecclesiastical family[3] and educated at Hereford Cathedral School[4] and Magdalen College, Oxford. Ordained in 1897,[5] he began his career with a curacy at Hawarden[6] after which he was Subwarden then Warden of Bishop's Hostel, Lincoln. He was then Warden of St Deiniol's Library.[7] until his appointment in 1921 as Dean of St Asaph

References
  1. Obituary The Dean Of St. Asaph The Times Monday, Apr 18, 1938; pg. 12; Issue 47971; col E
  2. St Asaph Cathedral web-site
  3. His father was the Rev. E. Du Buisson, Vicar of Breinton in Herefordshire >“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. University Intelligence. Oxford, March 25. The Times Tuesday, Mar 26, 1889; pg. 10; Issue 32656; col B
  5. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  6. Rootsweb
  7. National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Llewelyn Wynne Jones		 Dean of St Asaph
1927 – 1938		 Succeeded by
Spencer Ellis


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