Sidney Leslie Ollard (1875 – 28 February 1949) was a British
Anglican priest, who served as a
Canon of Windsor
The Dean and Canons of Windsor are the ecclesiastical body of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
Foundation
The college of canons was established in 1348 by Letters Patent of King Edward III. It was formally constituted on the feast of ...
from 1936 to 1948.
[''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle]
Biography
Born in 1875, he was educated at
St John's College, Oxford
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979.Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist Its founder, Sir Thomas White, intended to pro ...
and graduated BA in 1896, MA in 1899 and
D.Litt.
Doctor of Letters (D.Litt., Litt.D., Latin: ' or ') is a terminal degree in the humanities that, depending on the country, is a higher doctorate after the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree or equivalent to a higher doctorate, such as the Doctor ...
in 1947.
He died on 28 February 1949.
He was appointed:
*Assistant curate, Holy Trinity, Hastings 1899 - 1902
*Christ Church (Oxford) Mission, Poplar 1902 - 1903
*Vice-Principal of
St Edmund Hall, Oxford 1903 - 1913
*Rector of Dunsfold 1914 - 1915
*Rector of Bainton, Yorkshire 1915 - 1936
*Hon. Canon of
Worcester Cathedral
Worcester Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Worcester, in Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified ...
1912 - 1935
*Prebendary of Wetwang in York Minster 1935 - 1936
He was appointed to the eleventh stall in
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1936, and held the stall until 1948. From its inception in 1939, he was the editor of the
.
References
Canons of Windsor
Alumni of St John's College, Oxford
1875 births
1949 deaths
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