Alex Wedderspoon
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Alexander Gillan Wedderspoon (3 April 1931 – 10 June 2014) was an Anglican priest, academic, and British Army officer. He was Dean of Guildford from 1987 to 2001.
Early life
Wedderspoon was born on 3 April 1931 in Glasgow, Scotland.{{cite news|title=The Very Rev Alexander Wedderspoon - obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10928615/The-Very-Rev-Alexander-Wedderspoon-obituary.html|accessdate=3 August 2014|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=26 June 2014}} His father was a Church of Scotland minister.{{cite news|title=Former Winchester Cathedral Canon Residentiary dies|url=http://www.romseyadvertiser.co.uk/news/winchester/11312221.Former_Winchester_Cathedral_Canon_Residentiary_dies/|accessdate=3 August 2014|work=Romsey Advertiser|date=1 July 2014}} He was educated at Westminster School, then an all-boys public school in London. After his military service, he went on to study at Jesus College, Oxford.
Career
=Military service=
Wedderspoon undertook National Service as a commissioned officer in the British Army.Who was Who 1897-2007, London, A & C Black, 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}} He was commissioned on 1 April 1950 as a second lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery.{{London Gazette |issue=38950 |date=23 June 1950 |page=3235 |supp=y }} On 16 December 1951, he was granted the acting rank of lieutenant.{{London Gazette |issue=39541 |date=13 May 1952 |page=2645 |supp=y }} He relinquished his commission, therefore ending his liability for call up, on 1 February 1962.{{London Gazette |issue=42643 |date=6 April 1962 |pages=2922–2923 |supp=y }}
=Religious life=
Wedderspoon was ordained in 1961. He was then a curate in Kingston upon Thames, a lecturer in religious education at the University of London, priest in charge of St Margaret's, WestminsterCrockford's clerical directory1976 Lambeth, Church House, {{ISBN|019200008X}} and then a canon residentiary at Winchester Cathedral before his appointment at Guildford Cathedral, a position he held for 14 years.[http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page2533 Resignation details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402040345/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page2533 |date=2 April 2012 }}
Later life
He died on 10 June 2014.[http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/178326/wedderspoon WEDDERSPOON]
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External links
- [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10928615/The-Very-Rev-Alexander-Wedderspoon-obituary.html The Very Rev Alexander Wedderspoon - obituary.] In: The Daily Telegraph, 26 June 2014
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Category:Military personnel from Glasgow
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