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British Archdeacon
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Male
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Birth:
26 June 1859
Death:
7 April 1940
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Biography
William Okes Parish (called "Archdeacon Okes Parish" – so either Okes was his given name or he used Okes-Parish as a surname) was Archdeacon of Dorset from 1929 to 1936.
Born into an ecclesiastical familyon 26 June 1859, he was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridgeand ordained in 1884. He was Vicar of Longfleet from 1886 to 1929; Rural Dean of Poole from 1893 to 1929; and a Canon Residentiary of Salisbury Cathedral from 1929 to 1936. He was also a Chaplain to the Dorset Regiment.
He died on 7 April 1940.