William Phelps (priest)

William Phelps
Born
William Whitmarsh Phelps

(1797-10-01)1 October 1797
Wilton, Wiltshire
Died22 June 1863(1863-06-22) (aged 65)[1]
Carlisle, Cumberland
OccupationPriest

William Whitmarsh Phelps[2] (1 October 1797 – 22 June 1863) was Archdeacon of Carlisle[3] from 1863 until 1867.

Phelps was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1815 and graduated B.A. in 1819. He graduated M.A. in 1822, and was a Fellow of the college from 1822 to 1824. He was then an Assistant Master at Harrow School and Perpetual curate at Holy Trinity, Reading until his appointment as Archdeacon.[4]

He died on 22 June 1863.

  1. ^ "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries". Jackson's Oxford Journal (5957). Oxford. 29 June 1867.
  2. ^ "At the Court at Windsor, the 27th day of August, 1864" (PDF). The London Gazette (22889): 4221. 30 August 1864.
  3. ^ "The Life of the Reverend and Venerable William Whitmarsh Phelps, M.A.". Salisbury and Winchester Journal: 3. 13 January 1872.
  4. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Phelps, William (Whitmarsh)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.