Douglas John Wilson (22 June 190330 November 1980) was an eminent Anglican

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in the mid-20th century. Born into an ecclesiastical family – his father was J. K. Wilson, sometime canon, and

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– he was educated at Haileybury and Queens' College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1928 he was successively a curate at Dartford,

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and Archdeacon of

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before his elevation to the

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as an assistant bishop of British Honduras (1938–1944). He returned to England and was an assistant bishop of Southwell, 1944–1945. He became diocesan bishop of British Honduras in 1945 before

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in 1950. He returned to England again as a canon residentiary of

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in 1956. As canon, he served as treasurer; he was also commissioned assistant bishop of Bath and Wells in 1956. He retired from all his posts and moved to

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in 1973.”Ancient and Modern — Recollections from the Countryside” Biles, T. (ed.): Beaminster, Beaminster Area Team, 1986 His widow, Mary, died in 2009.

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1903 births People educated at King's School, Rochester People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Anglican archdeacons in Central America Anglican bishops of Belize Anglican bishops of Trinidad and Tobago 1980 deaths {{Belize-bio-stub