Walter Farrer

Walter Farrer (18 May 1862 – 19 December 1934) was a British Church of England priest, most notably Archdeacon of Wells from 1917 until his death.[1]

Farrer was educated at Balliol College, Oxford[2] and Wells Theological College. He was ordained deacon in 1886, and priest in 1888.[3] After a curacy in Leeds he became Rector of Wincanton in 1889; then Vicar of Chard, Somerset in 1897. He was then vicar of St Cuthbert, Wells from 1916 to 1919.[4]

References

Archdeacon Farrer The Times (London, England), Friday, Dec 21, 1934; pg. 17; Issue 46943
Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Farrer, Walter" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
Crockford's Clerical Directory 1898 p 451: London, Horace Cox, 1898
FARRER, Ven. Walter’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016 ; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 8 Oct 2017

Church of England titles
Preceded by Frederick Brymer	Archdeacon of Wells 1917–1934	Succeeded by George Hollis

Archdeacons of Wells
High Medieval	Archdeacons without territorial titles: Benselin, Archdeacon of Exon Walkerius Robert Arald John de Bada Archdeacons of Wells: Eustace Robert Thomas of Earley Simon of Wells Hugh of Wells William of Bardney William of Bitton (uncle) John of Bitton Peter Chaceporc William of Bitton (nephew) Godfrey Giffard S. Thomas Bytton Walter Haselshaw Peter de Insula
Late Medieval	Thomas de Charlton Wibert de Lutleton Robert de Wamberg Simon de Montacute Thomas Upton Robert Mortimer Hugh Thomas Fastolf William de Court Étienne Cardinal Aubert Simon Cardinal Langham Andrew Baret John de Rypon John Beer Thomas Tuttebury Nicholas Slake John Ikelyngton Thomas Bubwith Andrew Holes Thomas Bridlington William Nykke Richard Nykke François de Busleyden Thomas Beaumont Polydore Vergil
Early modern	John Cotterell John Rugge Bartholomew Clerke John Langworth Gerard Wood William Watts Grindal Sheafe Charles Thirlby Edwin Sandys Samuel Hill Henry Layng Edmund Archer John Wicksted George Shakerley Edmund Aubery Lionel Seaman Francis Potter William Willes Charles Sandiford Henry Law
Late modern	Fitzhardinge Portman Otway Fitzgerald Arthur Salmon Frederick Brymer Walter Farrer George Hollis, Bishop of Taunton Norman Higgins Bryant Salmon John Lance Peter Haynes Ted Thomas Richard Acworth Peter Maurice Nicola Sullivan Kevin Roberts (Acting) Anne Gell

Diocese of Bath and Wells
Wells Cathedral Bishop's Palace, Wells Bath Abbey Glastonbury Abbey (ruins)
Office holders	Peter Hancock, Bishop of Bath and Wells Ruth Worsley, Bishop suffragan of Taunton AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet John Davies, Dean of Wells Simon Hill, Archdeacon of Taunton Anne Gell, Archdeacon of Wells Adrian Youings, Archdeacon of Bath
Historic offices	For the Bishops of Wells (10th century–1090), Bishops of Bath (1090–1197 & 1219–1245) and Bishops of Bath and Glastonbury (1197–1219), see Bishop of Bath and Wells
Benefices and parishes	List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells

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