Watson Hand
George Watson Hand (6 March 1750 in Hill Ridware – 3 February 1802 in City of London)[1] was Archdeacon of Dorset from 1780 to 1801.[2]
Hand was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1767, graduating B.A. in 1771, and M.A. in 1774.[3] His first post was as Chaplain to Thomas Newton, Bishop of Bristol.[4] He held livings at St George Botolph Lane and St Giles-without-Cripplegate. He was a Prebendary of St Paul's and Salisbury.[5]
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[edit]- ^ 'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, February 05, 1802; Issue 10401
- ^ From: 'Archdeacons: Dorset', Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 8: Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough dioceses (1996), pp. 19-20. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35303 Accessed 15 April 2018
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "The Ecclesiastical Division of the Diocese of Bristol" Boswell, E. p16: Sherborne, J.Penny, 1867
- ^ Clergy database
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