Jeffrey Watson (priest)

Jeffrey John Seagrief Watson (29 April 1939^[1] - 28 January 2021^[2]) was a priest in the Church of England. He was Archdeacon of Ely from 1993 to 2004.

Watson was educated at University College School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He trained for ordination at Clifton Theological College, and was ordained deacon in 1965 and priest in 1966.^[3] After curacies at Christ Church, Beckenham (1965–69) and St Jude's, Southsea (1969–71) he held incumbencies at Christ Church, Winchester (1971–81), and Holy Saviour, Bitterne (1981–93).^[4] In 1993 he became the Archdeacon of Ely,^[5] a position he held for 11 years.

He died in 2021, aged 81, from an infection.^[6]

References

^ The Church of England year book. Church Information Office. 2002. p. 533. ISBN 978-0-7151-8121-8. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "RIP Announcement: The Ven Jeffrey (Jeff) John Seagrief Watson". Retrieved 12 February 2021.
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 1009.
^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
^ Crockfords, (London, Church House, 1995), ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
^ "Church Times: "Deaths", 12 February 2021". Retrieved 13 February 2021.

Church of England titles
Preceded by David Walser	Archdeacon of Ely 1993–2004	Succeeded by John Stuart Beer

v t e Archdeacons of Ely and of Cambridge
High Medieval (Ely)	Nicholas William Brito William of Lavington Richard FitzNeal Richard Barre Stephen Ridel Adam de Tilneia Giles Robert of Leicester Nicholas of Ely John de Balsham Ralph Walpole John de Oseville Ralph de Foderingeye
Late Medieval (Ely)	Adam Ralph de Fodringhey (again) William Cardinal de Testa Gilbert de Bruer Richard de Bentworth John de Ufford Gaillard Cardinal de la Motte Stephen de Ketelbergh Bernard de Caulason James de Beaufort Nicholas Cardinal Roselli de Tarragona Androynus Cardinal de la Roche Edward Burnell John Crischirch Thomas de Pattesele Thomas Dalby Thomas Ferriby Richard Clifford Adam Mottrum John Welbourne John Metford Richard Wetheryngesete John Stokes Richard Bole Richard Robinson Thomas Morton
Modern (Ely)	Thomas Alcock Nicholas Hawkins Thomas Thirlby Richard Cox Henry Cole John Boxall John Warner Robert Wisdom John Parker John Palmer Robert Tinley Daniel Wigmore Edmund Mapletoft Bernard Hale Thomas Wren Barnabas Oley William Saywell Richard Bentley Robert Eyton Charles Plumptre Richard Watson Henry Browne Charles Hardwick William Emery William Cunningham Horace Price William MacKennal Herbert Kirkpatrick Michael Carey John Long David Walser Jeffrey Watson John Beer (retitled Archdeacon of Cambridge)
Cambridge	John Beer (previously Archdeacon of Ely) Alex Hughes

v t e Diocese of Ely
Ely Cathedral Isle of Ely Bishop's House, Ely (since 1941) Bishop Woodford House Bishop's Palace, Ely (15th century – 1941) Ely Palace, Holborn (1290–1772) Ely House, Mayfair (1776–1908)
Office holders	Dagmar Winter, Acting Bishop of Ely and Bishop suffragan of Huntingdon AEO: Bishop suffragan of Richborough (vacant) & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Mark Bonney, Dean of Ely Alex Hughes, Archdeacon of Cambridge Richard Harlow, Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Ely (c. 1106 – ren. 2006) Archdeacon of Bedford (1837–1914; moved to Diocese of St Albans) Archdeacon of Wisbech (1915 – c. 2004; merged into Huntingdon {& Wisbech})

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