William Foxley Norris

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William Foxley Norris

William Foxley Norris
Religion	Church of England
Senior posting
Based in	England
Title	Dean of Westminster
Period in office	1917–1963
Predecessor	Herbert Edward Ryle
Successor	Paul de Labilliere
Personal
Date of birth	1897
Place of birth
Date of death	1937 (aged 39–40)

William Foxley Norris KCVO was Dean of York between 1917 and 1925 and of Westminster from then until his death in 1937. Born into a clerical family^[1]he was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Oxford ^[2] before taking Holy orders at Leeds Clergy School. After curacies in Eton and Chatham he embarked on a career that was to take him from pastoral (Incumbencies in Oxfordshire and Yorkshire^[3]) to administrative (Diocesan Educational Inspector^[4]) posts before a steady rise up the ecclesiastical ladder. He was successively Rural Dean of Silkstone, Canon of Wakefield and Archdeacon of Halifax before becoming Dean of York ^[5]. An exceptionally talented artist ^[6] he wrote widely on Church treasures^[7]whilst Dean of Westminster ^[8]. A much respected cleric^[9] he died on 28 September 1937 and was buried in Westminster Abbey^[10].

Church of England titles
Preceded by Arthur Perceval Purey Cust	Dean of York 1917 – 1925	Succeeded by Lionel George Bridges Justice Ford
Preceded by Herbert Edward Ryle	Dean of Westminster 1925 – 1937	Succeeded by Paul de Labilliere

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