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Person
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Leeson, Wilfrid N. (Wilfrid Neill), 1847-1909
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Description area
Dates of existence
1847-1909
History
Rev. Wilfred Neill (Nevill) Leeson was born abt. 1847, in London, England.
He was a clergyman. He studied theology at Pembrooke College of Oxford University (B.D.). He was ordained deacon in 1873 and priest in 1874. He served as Champlain at Port Chalmers, New Zealand (1876-1877), Vicar of Witham-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire, England (1877-1881), and Vicar of Patcham, Sussex (1881-1886).
In 1881, he married Agnes Eliza Ashby (1846–1941). He died on August 6, 1909, in Steyning, Sussex, England.