The Very Rev

Very Reverend

The Very Reverend is a style given to certain religious figures.*In the Roman Catholic Church, by custom, priests who hold positions of particular note: e.g...

 Frederick William Dwelly was the inaugural Dean of Liverpool

Dean of Liverpool

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. He was born in 1881 and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge

Queens' College, Cambridge

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. Ordained in 1907, he began his ecclesiastical career with curacies

Curate

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 at St Mary Windermere

Windermere

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 and Cheltenham

Cheltenham

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 Parish Church. During the Great War

World War I

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, he was a temporary Chaplain

Chaplain

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 to the Forces

British Armed Forces

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. Later, he was Vicar

Vicar

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 of Emmanuel, Southport

Southport

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 before becoming a Canon Residentiary

Canon (priest)

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 of Liverpool Cathedral

Liverpool Cathedral

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. In 1931, he was appointed to its Deanery

Deanery

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, serving for 24 years. He died on 9 May 1957.