Leslie Williams (Archdeacon of Chester)

Henry Leslie Williams (26 December 1919 – 2013) was Archdeacon of Chester [1] from 1975 to 1988.[2]

Not to be confused with Leslie Williams (Archdeacon of Bristol).

Williams was educated at St David's College, Lampeter and ordained in 1944 following a period of study at St. Michael's College, Llandaff.[3] After curacies in Aberdyfi, Bangor and Chester he was Vicar of Barnston from 1953 to 1984. He was also a Chaplain in the Territorial Army from 1953 to 1962; Rural Dean of Wirral North from 1967 to 1975; an Honorary Canon of Chester Cathedral from 1972 to 1975; and a Member of the General Synod from 1978 to 1988.[4]

Notes
  1. Photo of Williams Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "WILLIAMS, Henry Leslie (1919 - 2013), Archdeacon of Chester, 1975–88". Who Was Who. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1948 London: Oxford University Press, p 1431
  4. WILLIAMS, Ven. Henry Leslie’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 24 March 2013
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Leslie Gravatt Fisher		 Archdeacon of Chester
1975–1988		 Succeeded by
Michael Frederick Gear


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