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William Haye Weekes (born
Cambridge , 5 March 1867 – died
Kenilworth 2 August 1945)
[1] was
Dean of
Bloemfontein
[2] in
South Africa from 1922 to 1940.
[3]
He was educated at
Bristol Grammar School and
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge ;
[4] and
ordained in 1891. After a
curacy at St Sidwell,
Ex3eter he was
Chaplain to the
Bishop of Bloemfontein .
[5] In 1896 he became
Rector of
Makefing .
[6] He was
Rector at
Beaconsfield from 1901 until 1912; and then of
Kroonstad until 1917. He was
Archdeacon of
Kimberley from 1905 to
[7] 1917; and of
Bloemfontein
[8] (and
Vicar of the
Cathedral Parish ) from 1917 to 1940. He was appointed a
Chaplain of the
Order of St John of Jerusalem in 1931.
[9]
References
^ Obituary.
The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 04, 1945; pg. 6; Issue 50212
^
Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p 1373: Oxford,
OUP , 1929
^ ‘WEEKES, Rev. William Haye’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014
accessed 28 May 2014
^
Cambridge University
Calendar 1901-02 p930
^ 'ECCLESIASTICAL APPOINTMENTS' The Standard (London, England), Thursday, July 05, 1894; pg. 7; Issue 21842
^ 'The English Church at Mafeking'
The Graphic (London, England), Saturday, February 24, 1900; Issue 1578
^ "Notes and Queries", Jan. 26, 1907. 10th SERIES. VOLUME VI. JULY to DECEMBER, 1906. London , Francis Bros, 1906
^
"St Paul Dock Street" . Retrieved 24 July 2014 .
^
"No. 33728" .
The London Gazette . 23 June 1931. p. 4071.