The Very Rev

Very Reverend

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 William Page Roberts, DD

Doctor of Divinity

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 (2 January 1836 - 17 August 1928) was an eminent English clergman in the Church of England

Church of England

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 and Dean of Salisbury

Dean of Salisbury

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 from 1907 until 1919.

He was educated at Liverpool College  and St John's College, Cambridge

St John's College, Cambridge

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. Ordained in 1862,. His first post was a curacy

Curate

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 in Stockport

Stockport

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. He then held incumbencies

Vicar

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 at Eye

Eye, Cambridgeshire

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  and St Peter’s, Vere Street

Marybone Chapel

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. Later he was a Canon Residentiary

Canon (priest)

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  at Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury Cathedral

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  before his elevation to the Deanery

Deanery

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. A much respected cleric, he died on 28 November 1927.