William Bree ( 19 November 1822 – 28 January 1917) was Archdeacon of Coventry from 1887 until 1908. The son of The Rev William Thomas Bree, MA,

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of Allesley he was educated at

Bridgnorth Endowed School Bridgnorth Endowed School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in the market town of Bridgnorth in the rural county of Shropshire, England. Founded in 1503, The Endowed School is a state school and is a specialist T ...

and

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. He was ordained in 1848, and was

curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

at Polebrook until 1863, when he succeeded his father at Allesley. He married firstly, in 1853, Mary Duke; and, secondly, Sophy Adèle Biggs. His great nephew, the actor James Bree, was patron of the benefice until his death in 2008.Parish Magazine
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1822 births 1917 deaths People from Warwickshire People educated at Bridgnorth Endowed School 19th-century English Anglican priests 20th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of Merton College, Oxford Archdeacons of Coventry {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub