William Barlow (dean of Peterborough) explained

William Hagger Barlow (1833–1908) was the Dean of Peterborough in the Church of England from 1901 until his death in 1908.^[1]

William Hagger Barlow was born in 1833,^[2] son of Henry Hagger, Vicar of Pitsmoor, and educated at St John's College, Cambridge.^[3] Ordained in 1858,^[4] he began his career with a curacy at St James', Bristol^[5] before being appointed Vicar of St Bartholomew Montpelier.^[6] After serving as Vicar of St. Ebbe's, Oxford,^[7] from 1875 he was Principal of the Church Missionary Society College, Islington^[8] and was later Vicar of St Mary's Islington.^[9] He was elevated to the Deanery in June 1901,^[10] and installed in Peterborough Cathedral 5 October 1901, preaching there for the first time the following morning^[11]

Notes and References

1. [The Times]
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20090727140135/http://uk.geocities.com/peter.hagger@btinternet.com/page30.html Genealogical web site
3. [Who's Who|“Who was Who”]
4. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
5. http://www.stjamesbristol.co.uk/ Church web site
6. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=002-pstbm&cid=0#0 National Archives
7. John Rooker, "Islington's Centenary Mission Story", 1928
8. "The Life of William Hagger Barlow" Barlow,M Whitefish, Kessinger 1910
9. http://www.stmaryislington.org/history A history of St Mary's church, Islington
10. [The Times]
11. Ecclesiastical intelligence. 7 October 1901 . 6 . 36579.