William Phelps (priest)

William Whitmarsh Phelps[2] (1 October 1797 – 22 June 1863) was Archdeacon of Carlisle[3] from 1863 until 1867.

William Phelps
Born	William Whitmarsh Phelps 1 October 1797 Wilton, Wiltshire
Died	22 June 1863 (aged 65)[1] Carlisle, Cumberland
Occupation	Priest

Phelps was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1815 and graduated B.A. in 1819. He graduated M.A. in 1822, and was a Fellow of the College from 1822 to 1824. He was then an Assistant Master at Harrow School and Perpetual curate at Holy Trinity, Reading until his appointment as Archdeacon.[4]

He died on 22 June 1863.

Notes

1. "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries". Jackson's Oxford Journal. Oxford (5957). 29 June 1867.
2. "At the Court at Windsor, the 27th day of August, 1864" (PDF). The London Gazette (22889): 4221. 30 August 1864.
3. "The Life of the Reverend and Venerable William Whitmarsh Phelps, M.A.". Salisbury and Winchester Journal: 3. 13 January 1872.
4. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Phelps, William (Whitmarsh)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.