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George William Outram Addleshaw (1 December 1906 – 14 June 1982) was an Anglican cleric who was Dean of Chester in the third quarter of the 20th century.

He was born in 1906 in Gorefield Vicarage, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, the son of Canon Stanley Addleshaw. He was educated at Bromsgrove and Trinity College, Oxford. Ordained in 1931, he was initially a Curate at Highfield Parish Church, Southampton. Following this he became Vice Principal of St Chad's College, Durham, then a Canon Residentiary at York Minster before his elevation to the Deanery of Chester. A man with extensive knowledge of church architecture, he died on 14 June 1982.

In the 1950s, Addleshaw was living at 10 Precentor's Court, adjacent to York Minster.

References

1. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975/1976 Lambeth, Church House Publishing (ISBN (invalid) 0108153674, alternate version: ISBN 0-19-200008-X, OCLC 25885092, OCLC 59162245)
2. "Births". Luton Times and Advertiser. 7 December 1906. p. 8. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
3. Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
4. "Ecclesiastical News New Dean Of Chester". The Times Thursday, 8 November 1962; p. 7; Issue 55543; col D
5. British History On-line
6. The Times, Friday, 18 June 1982; p. 12; Issue 61263; col F "Obituary Very Rev George Addleshaw"
7. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Royal Historical Society (1952), p. 187

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