Norman Higgins

Walter Norman Higgins (27 April 1880 – 17 May 1957) was a British Church of England priest, most notably Archdeacon of Wells^[1] from 1940 to 1951.^[2]

Higgins was educated at King's School, Bruton; Emmanuel College, Cambridge; and Wells Theological College. He was ordained deacon in 1905; and priest in 1906. His first post was as curate at St Andrew Battersea.,^[3] and his second at St Paul, Herne Hill. He was Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Adelaide from 1908 to 1916 when he joined the AIF. He was Vicar of All Saints, Portsea from 1917 to 1926;^[4] and Rector of Great Bookham from then until his appointment as Archdeacon.^[5]

References

^ National Archives
^ Church The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Apr 10, 1951; pg. 6; Issue 51971
^ Former places of worship in the Diocese of Southwark
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p604: Oxford, OUP, 1929
^ ‘HIGGINS, Rev. Canon Walter Norman’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014, accessed 8 Oct 2017

Church of England titles
Preceded by George Hollis	Archdeacon of Wells 1940–1951	Succeeded by Bryant Salmon

v t e Archdeacons of Wells
High Medieval	Archdeacons without territorial titles: Benselin, Archdeacon of Exon Walkerius Robert Arald John de Bada Archdeacons of Wells: Eustace Robert Thomas of Earley Simon of Wells Hugh of Wells William of Bardney William of Bitton (uncle) John of Bitton Peter Chaceporc William of Bitton (nephew) Godfrey Giffard S. Thomas Bytton Walter Haselshaw Peter de Insula
Late Medieval	Thomas de Charlton Wibert de Lutleton Robert de Wamberg Simon de Montacute Thomas Upton Robert Mortimer Hugh Thomas Fastolf William de Court Étienne Cardinal Aubert Simon Cardinal Langham Andrew Baret John de Rypon John Beer Thomas Tuttebury Nicholas Slake John Ikelyngton Thomas Bubwith Andrew Holes Thomas Bridlington William Nykke Richard Nykke François de Busleyden Thomas Beaumont Polydore Vergil
Early modern	John Cotterell John Rugge Bartholomew Clerke John Langworth Gerard Wood William Watts Grindal Sheafe Charles Thirlby Edwin Sandys Samuel Hill Henry Layng Edmund Archer John Wicksted George Shakerley Edmund Aubery Lionel Seaman Francis Potter William Willes Charles Sandiford Henry Law
Late modern	Fitzhardinge Portman Otway Fitzgerald Arthur Salmon Frederick Brymer Walter Farrer George Hollis, Bishop of Taunton Norman Higgins Bryant Salmon John Lance Peter Haynes Ted Thomas Richard Acworth Peter Maurice Nicola Sullivan Kevin Roberts (Acting) Anne Gell

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