Alfred Swann (priest) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rev. Canon Alfred Swann, MA, DSC (12 July 1893[1] – 7 October 1961) was Dean and Archdeacon of Hong Kong from 1927 to 1935.[2] He was born in Japan to British parents.[3] He was educated at Rugby and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. After wartime service in the RNVR[4] he was ordained in 1922. Following a curacy in Kirkburton[5] he was Vicar of Liversedge before his time in Hong Kong; and held incumbencies in Wiltshire[6] and Somerset afterwards. References Christianity portal ↑ 1939 England and Wales Register ↑ "SWANN, Rev. Canon Alfred", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 26 Aug 2014 ↑ 1901 England Census ↑ London Gazette ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1959/60 p 1129:Oxford, OUP, 1959 ↑ "Ecclesiastical News." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jan 11, 1936; pg. 15; Issue 47269 vteDeans of Hong Kong Alfred Swann Leonard Wilson Alaric Rose Freddy Temple Barry Till John Foster Rex Howe Stephen Sidebotham Paul Clasper David Smethurst Chris Phillips Stephen Sidebotham Andrew Chan Matthias Der vteArchdeacons of Hong Kong John Gray William Banister Judd Barnett Alfred Swann Leonard Wilson Lee Kau-Yan Yan Laap Chung John Mung Chou This article about a member of the Christian clergy in the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte This Hong Kong biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte This Anglicanism-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte Related Articles
