Very Rev Dr William Foxley Norris

1859 - 1937  (78 years)

• Name	William Foxley Norris
  Title	Very Rev Dr
  Birth	4 Feb 1859	Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1901	Almondbury, Yorkshire
  	Age: 42; Relation to Head of House: Head
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Halifax, Yorkshire
  	Age: 52; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
  Burial	1937	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London
  Death	28 Sep 1937	Westminster, London
  Notes	Son of Canon William Foxley Norris, vicar of Witney, Oxon, by Julia, daughter of Henry Thomas Monro, MD. Educated at Charterhouse, Surrey, 1873-7, matric. at Oxford (Trinity College) 12 October 1877, 3rd class theology and BA 1881, MA 1884, DD 1917, Student at Leeds Clergy School, 1881. Buried in Westminster Abbey. Deacon 1882; Priest 1883; Curate of Eton, Bucks., 1882-5; Curate of St. Mary, Chatham, 1885-7; Vicar of Shirburn, Oxon., 1887-8; Vicar of Almondbury, Yorks., 1888-91; Rector of Barnsley, Yorks., 1901-9; Canon resident of Wakefield 1909-17; Archdeacon of Halifax 1906-17; Dean of York 1917-25; Prolocutor of the Lower House of Convocation of York 1919. Dean of Westminster from 1925; Vice-chairman 1922-5, Chairman 1925-9, of the House of Clergy of The National Assembly. Provost of the Northern Division of the "Woodard" schools from 1906. F.S.A., Hon. A.R.I.B.A.,Hon. Chaplain to the Royal Academy from 1925. Dean of the Order of the Bath from 1926. Chaplain to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem from 1921. A chaplain in the Territorial Army. An Ecclesiastical Commissioner. A member of Nobody's Friends from 1916 and of the Athenaeum Club, London. Portrait by his son Arthur. Dean of Westminster from 1925 until his death in 1937. An exceptionally talented artist he wrote widely on Church treasures whilst Dean of Westminster. A much respected cleric he died on 28 September 1937 and his ashes buried in the nave in Westminster Abbey. Also, was a Trustee of Speke Hall, Liverpool: later passing to the National Trust. (Rolt family allowed weddings in Henry VII Chapel.) For more informations see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Foxley_Norris
  Person ID	I2860	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Canon William Foxley Norris,   b. 22 Jan 1825, Chester, Cheshire d. 24 Feb 1906, Witney, Oxfordshire (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Julia Monro,   b. 1822, London d. Apr 1908, Witney, Oxfordshire (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	30 Dec 1851	All Souls, St. Marylebone, London
  Family ID	F1251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Blanche Pott,   b. 31 Dec 1858, Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire d. 15 Aug 1940, Trent, Dorset (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	17 Apr 1884	Sonning, Berkshire
  Children	1. Evelyn Foxley Norris,   b. 1 Jan 1890, Almondbury, Yorkshire d. 17 Sep 1976, East Coker, Somerset (Age 86 years)   2. John Percivall Foxley Norris,   b. 25 May 1886   d. 5 Apr 1924, Scarborough, Yorkshire (Age 37 years)   3. Arthur William Foxley Norris,   b. 6 Nov 1888   d. Sep 1977, Radnorshire West, Powys, Wales (Age 88 years)   4. Helen Foxley Norris,   b. 24 Aug 1887   d. 4 Oct 1894, Witney, Oxfordshire (Age 7 years) + 5. Mary Foxley Norris,   b. 5 Apr 1886, Medway, Kent d. 16 May 1959, Braintree, Essex (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F1250	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Feb 1859 - Buckingham, Buckinghamshire Marriage - 17 Apr 1884 - Sonning, Berkshire Residence - Age: 42; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1901 - Almondbury, Yorkshire Residence - Age: 52; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 2 Apr 1911 - Halifax, Yorkshire Burial - 1937 - Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London Death - 28 Sep 1937 - Westminster, London  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Documents		1911 England Census - William Foxley Norris Very Rev Dr-1.jpeg
  		1901 England Census - William Foxley Norris Very Rev Dr.jpeg