Jeffrey John Seagrief Watson (29 April 1939 - 28 January 2021) was a

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deity, deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in parti ...

in the

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. He was

Archdeacon of Ely The Archdeacon of Cambridge is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Ely. The archdeacon is responsible for some clergy discipline and pastoral care in the Archdeaconry of Cambridge. The archdeaconry has existed, as the Archdeaconry o ...

from 1993 to 2004. Watson was educated at

University College School University College School, also known as UCS, is a private day school in Frognal, Hampstead, London, England. The school was founded in 1830 by University College London and inherited many of that institution's progressive and secular views. ...

and

Emmanuel College, Cambridge Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mo ...

. He trained for ordination at

Clifton Theological College Trinity College, Bristol is an evangelical Anglican theological college located in Stoke Bishop, Bristol, England. It offers a range of full-time and part-time taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses which are validated by the University ...

, and was ordained deacon in 1965 and priest in 1966. After curacies at Christ Church,

Beckenham Beckenham () is a town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. Prior to 1965, it was part of Kent. It is situated north of Elmers End and Eden Park, east of Penge, south of Lower Sydenham and Bellingham, and west ...

(1965–69) and St Jude's,

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(1969–71) he held incumbencies at Christ Church, Winchester (1971–81), and Holy Saviour,

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(1981–93). In 1993 he became the Archdeacon of Ely, a position he held for 11 years. He died in 2021, aged 81, from an infection.

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1939 births People educated at University College School Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Archdeacons of Ely 2021 deaths {{Canterbury-archdeacon-20C-stub