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Douglas Carey

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Douglas Falkland Carey DSO (10 January 1876[1] – 2 January 1947) was an Anglican priest.

He was ordained in 1900,[2] he was Dean of Guernsey from 1922[3] until 1931. He served as an Army Chaplain in the First World War and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the 1918 New Year Honours.[4]

Carey was born in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, to Arthur Edward Carey and Blanche Amelia Carey.[5] He married Ada Helen Barter in London in 1908.[6]

References

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  1. ^ 1939 England and Wales Register
  2. ^ "Ordinations. St. Albans." The Times Wednesday, 3 October 1900; p. 13; Issue 36263; col C
  3. ^ "Ecclesiastical News. New Dean of Guernsey." The Times Tuesday, 11 July 1922; p. 16; Issue 43080; col E
  4. ^ "No. 30450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1917. p. 19.
  5. ^ 1891 England Census
  6. ^ London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754–1938
Church of England titles
Preceded by Dean of Guernsey
1922–1931
Succeeded by