William Okes Parish (26 June 1859 – 7 April 1940) was an Anglican cleric who was Archdeacon of Dorset from 1929 to 1936. [1]
Parish was born in Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire, [2] into an ecclesiastical family, the elder son of The Reverend William Samuel Parish, MA, Fellow of Peterhouse [3] He was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge [4] and ordained in 1884. [5] He was Vicar of Longfleet from 1886 [6] to [7] 1929; Rural Dean of Poole from 1893 [8] to 1929; and a Canon Residentiary of Salisbury Cathedral from 1929 to 1936. [9] He was also a Chaplain to the Dorset Regiment. [10]
He died on 7 April 1940. [11]
William Okes Parish (26 June 1859 – 7 April 1940) was an Anglican cleric who was Archdeacon of Dorset from 1929 to 1936. [1]
Parish was born in Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire, [2] into an ecclesiastical family, the elder son of The Reverend William Samuel Parish, MA, Fellow of Peterhouse [3] He was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge [4] and ordained in 1884. [5] He was Vicar of Longfleet from 1886 [6] to [7] 1929; Rural Dean of Poole from 1893 [8] to 1929; and a Canon Residentiary of Salisbury Cathedral from 1929 to 1936. [9] He was also a Chaplain to the Dorset Regiment. [10]
He died on 7 April 1940. [11]