:James Williams (archdeacon of Wrexham)

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James Evan Williams was a Welsh Anglican priest'WILLIAMS, Ven. James Evan', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, OUP, 2014; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U244496, accessed 29 June 2020] in the first half the 20th century who rose to become Archdeacon of Wrexham.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1948 p1433: Oxford, OUP, 1948

Williams was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge. He was ordained Deacon in 1891; and Priest in 1892. After a curacy in Bangor he held incumbencies in Bontddu, Portmadoc, Wrexham and Gresford. He was also Treasurer of St Asaph Cathedral from 1930 until his death on 12 February 1953.'Obituary' The Times Saturday, Feb. 14, 1953 Issue 52546 p.6