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. from 1931 to 1940 He was born in 1859 and educated at

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and became

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in 1886. He was a

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from 1919 until his accession to the

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. He died in post on 6 May 1940 and is buried at Old Road Cemetery,

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1859 births Alumni of the University of Wales, Lampeter Welsh Anglicans Deans of St Davids 1940 deaths {{UK-Anglican-clergy-stub