William Andrewes Fearon (4 February 1841 - 29 April 1924) was an

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. He was born into an ecclesiastical family, educated at

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and

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, where he was a

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from 1864 to 1867 and

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in 1864. He was

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in 1867 and

the following year. He had a

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’s house at his old school from 1867 to 1882, during which time he married Mary Freeman, the daughter of an Archdeacon of Exeter when he became

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to the Bishop of Newcastle from 1882 to 1884 when he returned to

, where he was

until 1901. He was

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from 1903 to 1920,

to the

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from 1903 to 1915; and

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from 1906 until 1920.

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1865 births People from Babergh District People educated at Winchester College Fellows of New College, Oxford Headmasters of Winchester College Archdeacons of Winchester (ancient) Presidents of the Oxford Union 1924 deaths {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub