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David Watcyn Morgan

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Welsh priest (1859–1940)

This British surname is barrelled, being made up of multiple names. It should be written as Watcyn/Watkin Morgan, not Morgan.

David Watcyn Morgan (or Watkin-Morgan; 7 March 1859 – 6 May 1940) was the seventh Dean of St David's. from 1931 to 1940

He was born in 1859 and educated at St David's College, Lampeter and became Perpetual curate of Morriston in 1886. He was a Canon of St David's Cathedral from 1919 until his accession to the Deanery. He died in post on 6 May 1940 and is buried at Old Road Cemetery, Carmarthenshire.

References

  1. 1939 England and Wales Register
  2. Although an ancient foundation, before 1840 the senior residentiary cleric was the Precentor, and not a Dean, due to a complication during the dissolution of the monasteries > “Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi, 1181-1981 / St David's Cathedral, 1181-1981” St David's, Gwasg yr Oriel Fach, 1981 ISBN 0-905421-02-7
  3. Who was Who (1991) Who was who. A cumulated index 1897-1990, CD-ROM, London : A & C Black, ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. Ceredigion CC web-site
  5. History of St Davids Church
  6. "Deaths" The Times Tuesday, May 07, 1940; pg. 1; Issue 48609; col A
  7. Rootsweb
Religious titles
Preceded byWilliam Williams Dean of St David's
1931–1940 		Succeeded byAlbert William Parry
Deans of St David's


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