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Alex Wedderspoon

Alex Wedderspoon

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Alexander Gillan Wedderspoon (3 April 1931 – 10 June 2014) was an Anglican priest, academic, and British Army officer. He was Dean of Guildford from 1987 to 2001.

Early life

Wedderspoon was born on 3 April 1931 in Glasgow, Scotland.[1] His father was a Church of Scotland minister.[2] He was educated at Westminster School, then an all-boys public school in London. After his military service, he went on to study at Jesus College, Oxford.[1]

Career

Military service

Wedderspoon undertook National Service as a commissioned officer in the British Army.[3] He was commissioned on 1 April 1950 as a second lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery.[4] On 16 December 1951, he was granted the acting rank of lieutenant.[5] He relinquished his commission, therefore ending his liability for call up, on 1 February 1962.[6]

Religious life

Wedderspoon was ordained in 1961. He was then a curate in Kingston upon Thames, a lecturer in religious education at the University of London, priest in charge of St Margaret's, Westminster[7] and then a canon residentiary at Winchester Cathedral before his appointment at Guildford Cathedral, a position he held for 14 years.[8]

Later life

He died on 10 June 2014.[9]

Notes

  1. [1]
    "The Very Rev Alexander Wedderspoon - obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Former Winchester Cathedral Canon Residentiary dies". Romsey Advertiser. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  3. [3]
    Who was Who 1897-2007, London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. [4]
    "No. 38950". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 June 1950. p. 3235.
  5. [5]
    "No. 39541". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 May 1952. p. 2645.
  6. [6]
    "No. 42643". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 April 1962. pp. 2922–2923.
  7. [7]
    Crockford's clerical directory1976 Lambeth, Church House, ISBN 019200008X
  8. [8]
    Resignation details Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  9. [9]
    WEDDERSPOON
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