The Ven. William Methven Gordon Ducat (17 March 1847 – 17 March 1922) was the Archdeacon of Berkshire from 1903 until his death. Ducat was born in

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and educated at Edinburgh Academy and

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and

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in 1873. Ducat began his ordained ministry as a

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after which he was the

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of Cuddesdon College. He was the

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from 1877 to 1880 when he became the principal of Leeds Clergy School. He returned to Cuddesdon in 1883 where he remained until 1894 when he became the

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of St Giles's

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, a position he held until 1911.National Archives
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1847 births People educated at Edinburgh Academy Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Archdeacons of Berkshire 1922 deaths {{ChurchofEngland-clergy-stub