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The Rt Rev William George Hilliard (29 May 1887 – 1 February 1960) was the 5th Anglican

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from 1934 to 1940.

Career

Hilliard was born in Sydney on 29 May 1887, educated at the

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and ordained in 1912. He first worked as a curate at

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in Sydney. He was inducted as

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of St John's Ashfield on 23 June 1916, and served there until 31 October 1926, when he accepted an appointment as Rector of St Clement's, Marrickville. From 1928 to 1934 he was

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of Trinity Grammar School, Summer Hill, when he was elevated to the

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. He resigned his see in 1940 and became

of St John's, Parramatta, and Coadjutor Bishop of Sydney. Possessed of a rich, resonant voice, Hilliard had his own radio program on

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and appeared as a commentator on television.

Personal life

Hilliard married Lilian Constance Pearl Wooster in 1914. She died in 1918, leaving their infant son. In 1927 he married Dorothy Kezia Duval; they had three daughters.Janet West, "Hilliard, William George (1887–1960)"
Australian Dictionary of Biography accessed online 7 July 2019. A prominent Freemason, he died on 1 February 1960. Hilliard's paternal grandfather was the

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er Harry Hilliard.

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, ''Australian Cricket: A History'', Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1959, pp. 4–5.

References

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