About William Kay
Lived 1894 – 1980 (aged 85–86). William Kay was a priest.
William Kay (28 December 1894 – 6 January 1980 ) was an Anglican priest.
Born in Blackburn, he was educated at Durham University and ordained in 1919, following distinguished wartime service with the Manchester Regiment. He was a Curate at Rochdale and later Vicar of Cresswell, Derbyshire. Later he was Rural Dean of Newark before a 25-year stint as Provost of Blackburn Cathedral.
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English Anglican priest
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William Kay died in 1980.
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