William Dunkerley (priest)

Rev. William Herbert Cecil Dunkerley (15 May 1860^[1] – 21 August 1922) was an Anglican priest who was Archdeacon of Singapore from 1902–05.^[2]

Dunkerley was born in Shrewsbury, the son of Rev. Dr. William Dunkerley. He was educated at Denstone College and Pembroke College, Cambridge;^[3] and ordained in 1886. After curacies in Toxteth Park and Sigglesthorne,^[4] he was Chaplain at Malacca and Penang before his time in Singapore. On returning to Europe, he worked at Castlemorton, Bush Hill Park, Cannes, Sevenoaks and Leybourne.

In 1886, he married Mary Beatrice Taylor, with whom he had six children. He died on 21 August 1922 at the Leybourne Rectory in Kent.^[2]

References

^ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
^ ^a ^b "The Rev. W. H. C. Dunkerley". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 25 August 1922. p. 9.
^ "DUNKERLEY, Ven. William Herbert Cecil", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 27 Sept 2013
^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889

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