William Douglas (priest)

William Douglas (1769?–1819) was the Archdeacon of Wilts from 1799 until 1804.^[1]

He was the son of John Douglas and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Brudenell Rooke, and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.^[2]^[3] He was Precentor of Salisbury Cathedral from 1804 and Prebendary of Westminster from 1807. He died on 19 March 1819, aged 50.^[4]^[5]

References

^ British History Online
^ Ross, Ian Simpson. "Douglas, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7908. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Andrew Kippis (1820). The New Annual Register. G. G. J. and J. Robinson. p. 205. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
^ Deaths The Times (London, England), Saturday, Mar 20, 1819; pg. 3; Issue 10626
^ John Gorton (1838). A general biographical dictionary. Whittaker and co. p. 663. Retrieved 14 March 2013.

v t e Archdeacons of Wilts
High Medieval	Azo Roger of Ramsbury Reginald Fitz Jocelin William Richard of Wilton Humphrey of Bassingbourn/de Bassingeburn William of Sainte-Mère-Église Richard Grosseteste William de Merston Stephen of Tisbury Roger of Buscot Nicholas of York Roger de la Grene Henry Brandeston Ralph of Leicester Ralph le Waleys of Brightwell William of Abingdon Richard de Sotwell
Late Medieval	Thomas of Savoy William de Chaddleshunt Gerald de Tilheto Iswin de Gandavo Robert de Baldock (senior) Robert de Ayleston Ralph de Querendon John de Whitchurch John Barne John Lineden John Silvestre/Codeford Nicholas Wykeham William Magot John Chitterne John Gaunstede John Symondesburgh John Chadworth Marinus Ursinus Vincent Clement Peter Courtenay Hugh Pavy Christopher Urswick Edward Finch John Pollard
Early modern	John Lawrence Giles Lawrence John Sprint Edmund Lilly Walter Benet Thomas Leche William Creed Thomas Henchman Seth Ward Robert Woodward Thomas Ward Cornelius Yate Thomas Rundle Henry Stebbing Charles Weston Richard Brickenden Arthur Coham William Douglas William Coxe William Macdonald
Late modern	Henry Drury Charles Harris Thomas Stanton Thomas Buchanan Frederic Wallis Eric Bodington Joseph Coulter Cecil Plaxton John Neale John Smith Barney Hopkinson John Wraw Ruth Worsley Sue Groom

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