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{{Portal|Christianity}}''' William Weston Elwes ''' (1845-1901)<ref>''Obituary'' [[The Times]] (London, England), Monday, 24 June 1901; pg. 8; Issue 36489</ref> was an [[Anglican]] [[Archdeacon]] in [[India]]<ref>[http://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/101054741?mode=transcription NLS]</ref> in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.<ref>[http://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/103781010?mode=transcription NLS]</ref><br />
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Elwes was born in [[Lexden]] and educated at [[Ipswich School]]. He graduated from [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] in 1867;<ref>[[Alumni Cantabrigienses|Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900]], [[John Venn]]/[[John Archibald Venn]] [https://archive.org/stream/p2alumnicantabri02univuoft#page/418/mode/2up > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. ii Chalmers – Fytche (1944) p418 ]</ref> and was [[ordained]] in 1868.<ref>[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]] 1898 p428: London, Horace Cox, 1898</ref> After a [[Curate|curacy]] in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells|Tunbridge Wells]] he went as a [[Chaplain]] to [[Madras]]. He served at [[Vizagapatam District (Madras Presidency)|Vizagapatam]], [[Trichinopoly District|Trichinopoly]], [[Coimbatore]] and [[Ootacamund (State Assembly Constituency)|Ootacamund]]. He was [[Archdeacon]] of [[Madras]] from 1893 to 1900.<ref>{{Who's Who | surname = Elwes| othernames = William Weston| id = U185755 | type = was | volume = 1895–1919 | edition = February 2018 online | accessed = 18 February 2018 }}</ref><br />
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He died on 22 May 1901: his son Frederick Fenn Elwes, was Principal of the Medical College, Madras.<ref>''Lieut.-Col. F. F. Elwes.'' [[The Times]] (London, England), Tuesday, 26 June 1962; pg. 14; Issue 55427</ref><br />
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