William Welchman

William Welchman (1866–1954) was Archdeacon of Bristol[1] from 1927 to 1937.[2]

Welchman was born in Cullompton [3] and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. He was ordained after a period of study at Ridley Hall, Cambridge in 1891.[4] After a curacy at St Paul's, Leamington Spa[5] he was a missionary in Ceylon from 1892 to 1899. He was the Vicar of Fishponds, Bristol from 1901 to 1907; and of Temple Church in the same city until 1941.

He died on 7 March 1954.[6]

References
  1. Google
  2. Ecclesiastical News The Times (London, England), Thursday, 25 November 1937; pg. 19; Issue 47851
  3. ‘WELCHMAN, Ven. William’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2012 ; online edn, November 2012 accessed 27 April 2013
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929–30 Oxford, OUP, 1929, p. 1374
  5. Church web site
  6. Obituary The Times (London, England), Tuesday, March 9, 1954; pg. 6; Issue 52875
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Charles Henry Dickinson		 Archdeacon of Bristol
1927–1937		 Succeeded by
Charles Symes Leslie Alford


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