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William Wickins

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William John Wickins, KHC (1862[1]–1933) was Archdeacon of Calcutta from 1911 until 1913.[2]

Wickins was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge[3] and ordained in 1885. After curacies in Burwell and Ely he served with the Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment at Dum Dum, Barrackpore, Howrah, Kasauli, Fort William and Darjeeling. In 1912 he was appointed an Honorary Chaplain to the King.[4] On his return from India he was Vicar of Abbotsley (1913–16) then St. Giles with St. Peter, Cambridge.[5] He died on 28 January 1933.[6]

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  1. ^ cricketarchive
  2. ^ ' WICKINS, Ven. William John', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 6 Dec 2015
  3. ^ John Venn, John Archibald Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, Pt2 Vol 6 p458
  4. ^ London Gazette
  5. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p1397: Oxford, OUP, 1929
  6. ^ Deaths The Times (London, England), Monday, 30 January 1933; pg. 1; Issue 46355


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