George Weeks (priest) explained

George Edward Weeks (26 December 1868 – 25 August 1941) was an English Anglican clergyman who was the Dean of Nelson^[1] from 1916 to 1923.^[2]

Weeks was born in Portsmouth, the son of George Horatio Weeks. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge (B.A. 1890; M.A. 1896), Durban University (B.D. 1901) and Trinity College Dublin (LL.B. 1910; LL.D. 1911). He was ordained in 1893. His first post was a curacy at St George in the East, Stepney^[3] After this he was at St James, Hatcham then a naval chaplain. He held incumbencies in Durban, South Kensington and Lowestoft before his time as Dean.^[4] Afterwards he was Headmaster of Trinity Grammar School, Sydney.^[5]

He married Marian Frances Sophia Simmonds in 1894. He died in 1941.^[6]

Notes and References

1. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TC19191008.2.31&l=mi&e=-------10--1----0—Anglican synod, Diocese of Nelson
2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p. 1372 Oxford, OUP, 1929
3. http://www.london.anglican.org/about/explore-the-diocese/parish/st-george-in-the-east/ London Anglican
4. "Church Appointments" The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 23, 1915; pg. 3; Issue 40914
5. Book: Venn . John . Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900 . 2011 . Cambridge University Press . 9781108036160 . 395 . 15 July 2018 . en.
6. New South Wales, Australia, Index to Deceased Estate Files, 1859-1958