The Venerable Edmund Diggle,
D.D.
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(b
Sutterton 26 October 1627 - d
York 1 August 1688) was a
priest in
England during the 17th century.
Diggle was educated at
Magdalen College, Oxford
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. He became
Treasurer of
Lichfield Cathedral in 1660;
Canon and
Archdeacon of York
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in 1663;
Rector
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of
Slimbridge
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It is best known as the home of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust's WWT Slimbridge, Slimbridge Reserve which was started by Sir Peter Scott.
Canal and Patch Bridg ...
in 1667; and Canon of
Ripon in 1667.
Notes
Lichfield Cathedral
Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
Archdeacons of York
1627 births
1688 deaths
17th-century English Anglican priests
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