Christian William Hampton Weekes (3 September 1880 – 31 August 1948),

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, Thursday, Sep 02, 1948; pg. 6; Issue 51166; col E ''Obituary'' known as Hampton Weekes, was

Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight The archdeacons in the Diocese of Portsmouth are senior ecclesiastical officers in the Church of England in south-east Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. They currently include: the Archdeacon of the Meon, the Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight and th ...

from 1937 until his death. Weekes was educated at

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and

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and

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...

in 1907.

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1947-48 Oxford,

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,1947 After a

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Hale, Surrey Hale is a village in Surrey, England. It lies just north of Farnham, towards Aldershot, with Badshot Lea to the east. Some maps show Lower Hale and Upper Hale, but the area between the two is indistinct. Hale in part overlaps Weybourne and Heat ...

he was Rector of

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from 1909 until 1913. After this he became

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Brading The ancient 'Kynges Towne' of Brading is the main town of the civil parishes in England, civil parish of the same name. The ecclesiastical parish of Brading used to cover about a tenth of the Isle of Wight. The civil parish now includes the to ...

and (in 1934)

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of East Wight.

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1880 births People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Archdeacons of the Isle of Wight 1948 deaths {{Canterbury-archdeacon-19C-stub