Denis James

Denis James was Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1946 to 1958.[1]

James was born on 3 May 1895 and educated at Cirencester Grammar School. He served in the Indian Army during World War I and was ordained after a period of study at Salisbury Theological College in 1923.[2] He served curacies at Carisbrooke[3] in the Isle of Wight and Portsea, Portsmouth; and held incumbencies in Gosport and Retford before his years as an Archdeacon.

He died on 28 July 1965.[4]

  1. ^ Ecclesiastical News: Archdeacon of Barnstaple Resigning The Times (London, England), Saturday, Sep 27, 1958; pg. 8; Issue 54267
  2. ^ Crockfords Oxford, OUP, 1948
  3. ^ Geograph
  4. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X