Watkin Williams (bishop)

Watkin Herbert Williams (22 August 1845^[2] – 19 November 1944^[3]) was Dean of St Asaph from 1892 to 1899.^[4] and Bishop of Bangor from 1899 to 1925.^[5]^[6]

Williams was educated at Westminster School^[7] and Christ Church, Oxford^[8] and ordained in 1871.^[9] His first post was a curacy at Rhosllanerchrugog.^[10] He was vicar of Bodelwyddan from 1872 to 1892 and Archdeacon of St Asaph from 1889 to 1892.^[11]

He was a very active Freemason, initiated as a student in 1868 in Oxford's Apollo University Lodge. In Wales he joined the Royal Denbigh Lodge, and became its Worshipful Master in 1883, becoming Provincial Grand Chaplain for North Wales in the same year. He became the Grand Chaplain of the United Grand Lodge of England, the most senior clerical appointment in Freemasonry, in 1898.^[12]

References[edit]

^ "Personal". Illustrated London News. 24 December 1898. p. 945.
^ thePeerage.com
^ The Times, 20 November 1944; pg. 4; Issue 49995; col F Obituary
^ Renowden, Raymond (1998). A genial, kind divine: Watkin Herbert Williams 1845-1944. Denbigh: Gwasg Gee. ISBN 978-0-7074-0309-0.
^ ”The Clergy List” London, Kelly's, 1913
^ Resignation Of The Bishop Of Bangor, The Times, 11 November 1924; pg. 14; Issue 43806; col F
^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
^ "University Intelligence". London Evening Standard. No. 14433. 4 November 1870. p. 3 col B. Retrieved 28 April 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Ordinations. Lincoln., The Times, 27 December 1871; pg. 8; Issue 27257; col F
^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 69.
^ The Times, 21 June 1889; pg. 13; Issue 32731; col B Ecclesiastical Appointments
^ Horsley (The Rev'd Canon), JW (1906). "Notes on the Grand Chaplains of England". Ars Quatuor Coronatorum. Vol. 19. London: Quatuor Coronati Correspondence Circle Ltd. p. 196.

External links[edit]

Portraits of Watkin Williams at the National Portrait Gallery, London

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Preceded by Daniel Lewis Lloyd	Bishop of Bangor 1899–1925	Succeeded by Daniel Davies

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[1] "Personal". Illustrated London News. 24 December 1898. p. 945.

[2] thePeerage.com

[3] The Times, 20 November 1944; pg. 4; Issue 49995; col F Obituary

[Renowden1998-4] Renowden, Raymond (1998). A genial, kind divine: Watkin Herbert Williams 1845-1944. Denbigh: Gwasg Gee. ISBN 978-0-7074-0309-0.

[5] ”The Clergy List” London, Kelly's, 1913

[6] Resignation Of The Bishop Of Bangor, The Times, 11 November 1924; pg. 14; Issue 43806; col F

[7] “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7

[brit_Univ-8] "University Intelligence". London Evening Standard. No. 14433. 4 November 1870. p. 3 col B. Retrieved 28 April 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[9] Ordinations. Lincoln., The Times, 27 December 1871; pg. 8; Issue 27257; col F

[10] Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 69.

[11] The Times, 21 June 1889; pg. 13; Issue 32731; col B Ecclesiastical Appointments

[QC19-12] Horsley (The Rev'd Canon), JW (1906). "Notes on the Grand Chaplains of England". Ars Quatuor Coronatorum. Vol. 19. London: Quatuor Coronati Correspondence Circle Ltd. p. 196.

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v t e Archdeacons of St Asaph
Late Mediaeval	Thomas Davies Richard Rogers George Griffith
Late Modern	Watkin Williams Hugh Jones David Evans Thomas Lloyd Charles Roberts Richard Roberts John Edwards Richard Owen William Rees John Jones Selwyn Closs-Parry John Davies Bernard Thomas Chris Potter John Lomas Andy Grimwood

v t e Deans of St Asaph
Medieval	Llywelyn ap Madog William Spridlington Richard Courtenay Hugh Holbeche John Blodwell David Blodwell John Tapton
Early modern	Fouke Salisbury Richard Puskyn John Gruffith Maurice Blayne John Lloyd Hugh Evans Thomas Banks Andrew Morris David Lloyd Humphrey Lloyd Nicholas Stratford George Bright Daniel Price William Stanley William Powell William Herring William Shipley
Late modern	William Shipley Charles Luxmoore Armitage James John Owen Watkin Williams Shadrach Pryce Llewelyn Wynne Jones John Du Buisson Spencer Ellis Harold Charles Raymond Renowden Kerry Goulstone Chris Potter Nigel Williams

v t e Bishops of Bangor
Early & High Medieval	Deiniol Elfodd Mordaf Dyfan Revedun Hervey le Breton David the Scot Meurig Arthur of Bardsey Gwion Rotoland Alan Robert of Shrewsbury Cadwgan of Llandyfai Hywel ap Ednyfed Richard Anian
Late Medieval	Gruffydd ap Iorwerth Einion Sais Matthew de Englefeld Ithel ap Robert Thomas de Ringstead Alexander Dalby Gervase de Castro Hywel ab Goronwy John Gilbert Geoffrey Herdeby John Swaffham Lewis Aber Richard Young Lewis Byford Gruffydd Young Benedict Nichols William Barrow John Clederowe Thomas Cheriton John Stanberry James Blakedon Richard Edenham Henry Deane Thomas Pigot John Penny Thomas Skevington John Capon John Bird
Early modern	Arthur Bulkeley William Glyn Maurice Clenock Rowland Meyrick Nicholas Robinson Hugh Bellot Richard Vaughan Henry Rowlands Lewis Bayly David Dolben Edmund Griffith William Roberts Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) William Roberts Robert Price Robert Morgan Humphrey Lloyd Humphrey Humphreys John Evans Benjamin Hoadly Richard Reynolds William Baker Thomas Sherlock Charles Cecil Thomas Herring Matthew Hutton Zachary Pearce John Egerton John Ewer John Moore John Warren William Cleaver John Randolph Henry Majendie Christopher Bethell James Colquhoun Campbell Daniel Lewis Lloyd Watkin Williams
Church in Wales	Watkin Williams Daniel Davies Charles Green (Archbishop of Wales) David Edwardes Davies John Jones Gwilym Williams (Archbishop of Wales) Cledan Mears Barry Morgan Saunders Davies Anthony Crockett Andy John (Archbishop of Wales)

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