Derek Watson was the Dean of Salisbury

Dean of Salisbury

The Dean of Salisbury is the Head of the Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral in the Church of England. The current Dean is The Very Revd June Osborne, who was installed in 2004.-Selected office-holders:*Walter 1102*Osbert 1105*Robert 1111*Serlo 1122...

 in the Church of England

Church of England

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 from 1996 to his retirement in 2002.

Born on 18 February 1938 and educated at Uppingham School

Uppingham School

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 and Selwyn College, Cambridge

Selwyn College, Cambridge

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, he was ordained into the priesthood in 1965 after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon

Ripon College Cuddesdon

Ripon College Cuddesdon is a Church of England theological college in Cuddesdon, a village outside Oxford, England.-History:Ripon College Cuddesdon was formed from an amalgamation in 1975 of Cuddesdon College and Ripon Hall...

. His first post was as a Curate

Curate

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 at All Saints, New Eltham, after which he was Chaplain

Chaplain

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 of Christ's College, Cambridge

Christ's College, Cambridge

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. He was then Domestic Chaplain

Chaplain

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 to the Bishop of Southwark

Mervyn Stockwood

Arthur Mervyn Stockwood was Anglican Bishop of Southwark from 1959 to 1980.Mervyn Stockwood was born in Bridgend, Wales, to a middle-class family. His solicitor father was killed during the First World War. He was introduced to Anglo-Catholic worship at All Saints' Church, Clifton, which...

 and then Vicar

Vicar

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 of St Andrew's and St Mark’s, Surbiton

Surbiton

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. Promotion to be Canon Treasurer

Canon (priest)

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 of Southwark Cathedral

Southwark Cathedral

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 followed and, after a spell as Rector

Rector

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 of St Luke's and Christ Church, Chelsea

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, he was elevated to the Deanery

Deanery

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. He is now Preacher

Preacher

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 of Lincoln's Inn

Lincoln's Inn

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. He is married to Sheila Watson

Sheila Watson (cleric)

Sheila Watson is a cleric in the Church of England.Watson grew up in a seaside town and graduated in classics at the University of St Andrews. She then did a preparatory year of theology at Oxford and then returned to St Andrew's for a research degree...

, Archdeacon

Archdeacon

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 of Canterbury

Diocese of Canterbury

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, and they are both keen cyclists.