William Uthwatt

William Andrewes Uthwatt (1882 – 4 December 1952)[1] was a priest of the Church of England.[2] He was the Archdeacon of Huntingdon from 1943 to 1947.[3][4]

St Mary's Portsea

Andrewes Uthwatt was born in Ballarat and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.[5] He was ordained in 1904 and was a curate at St Mary's Portsea. Later he was Archdeacon of Northern Melanesia and then a temporary chaplain to the British Armed Forces during World War I.[6] When peace returned he was a curate at Southwell Minster and then held incumbencies in Derby, Bottisham Brampton and finally Diddington.[7]

Augustus Uthwatt, Baron Uthwatt, his brother, was a prominent judge.

References

  1. The Times, 24 June 1952, p8, "The Ven. W. A. Uthwatt"
  2. London Gazette, 24 August 1920
  3. Cambridgeshire archives
  4. National Archives
  5. Who was Who 1897-2007, London, A & C Black, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  6. Great War Forums
  7. Crockford's Clerical Directory Oxford, OUP, 1948


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