Douglas Wilson (bishop)

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The Rt Douglas John Wilson was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the mid 20th century ^[1]. Born into an ecclesiastical family^[2] on 22 June 1903 he was educated at Haileybury and Queens' College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1928^[3] he was successively a Curate at Dartford, Vicar of Kingswinford and Archdeacon of Central America before his elevation to the Episcopate as Bishop of British Honduras. Translated to Trinidad in 1950 he returned to England as a Canon Residentiary of Wells Cathedral in 1956. He retired to Beaminster in 1973^[4] and died on 30 November 1980. Mary Wilson, Bisop Wilson's widow died in 2009.

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1. ^ Obituary-Right Rev D. J. Wilson The Times Tuesday, Dec 02, 1980; pg. 14; Issue 60791; col G
2. ^ His father was Canon J.K Wilson sometime Vicar of Bromley > “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
3. ^ 50th Anniversary service within National Archives
4. ^ ”Ancient and Modern-Recollections from the Countryside” Biles,T (Ed): Beaminster, Beaminster AreaTeam, 1986 ISBN 095119030X

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Preceded by William James Hughes	Bishop of British Honduras 1945 – 1950	Succeeded by Gerald Henry Brooks
Preceded by Fabian Menteath Elliot Jackson	Bishop of Trinidad 1950 – 1956	Succeeded by Frank Noel Chamberlain

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Name	Wilson,Douglas John
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Date of birth	1903
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Date of death	1980
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