Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (QEGS) is an independent, public school for boys in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The school was founded by Royal Charter of Queen Elizabeth I in 1591 at the request of leading citizens in Wakefield 75 in total and some of whom formed the first governing body.
Sir Bernard Pares KBE was an English historian and diplomat. During the First World War, He was seconded to the Foreign Ministry in Petrograd, Russia, where he reported political events back to London, and worked in propaganda. He returned to London as professor of Russian history. He is best known for his numerous books on Russia, especially his standard textbook, A History of Russia (1926), which had highly detailed coverage of the revolutionary era. He was a very active public speaker in the 1940s in support of Stalin's Soviet Union.
Roger Plumpton Wilson was Bishop of Wakefield, and later Chichester, in the mid 20th century.
James Buchanan Seaton was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the first half of the 20th century.
Thomas George Adames Baker was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century.
The Very Rev Alfred Gilbert Goddard Thurlow was an Anglican dean and author in the last third of the 20th century.
The Very Rev Seiriol John Arthur Evans, CBE was an Anglican dean and author in the third quarter of the 20th century.
Born into an ecclesiastical family, he was educated at King's College School, Cambridge, then The King's School, Worcester before returning to King's College, Cambridge as an undergraduate. He was then ordained after a period of study at Salisbury Theological College in 1921. He was Curate of St Mary and All Saints, Kidderminster then Sacrist of Gloucester Cathedral. After this he was Precentor of Ely Cathedral from 1923 to 1929 and then Rector of Upwell. During World War II he was a Chaplain in the RNVR. From 1945 to 1953 he was Archdeacon of Wisbech when he was appointed to the Gloucester Deanery- a post he held for 19 years. He spent his retirement in Fulbourn.
Philip Carrington was an eminent Anglican priest and author, the seventh Bishop of Quebec and the eleventh Metropolitan of Canada.
The Very Rev William Cyril Mayne was an English clergyman and classical scholar. He was Dean of Carlisle from 1943 to 1959.
The Dean of Wakefield is the head and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of Wakefield Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the Cathedral Church of All Saints Wakefield. Before 2000 the post was designated as a provost, which was then the equivalent of a dean at most English cathedrals. The cathedral is one of three co-equal mother churches of the Diocese of Leeds and a seat of the Bishop of Leeds. The current dean is Simon Cowling.
John Field Lister was an eminent Anglican priest in the latter part of the 20th century.
The Very. Rev Noel Thomas Hopkins , MA, was an eminent Anglican priest in the mid 20th century.
He was and educated at Archbishop Holgate's School and Clare College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1915 and was initially a Curate in Whitby. He was a Chaplain to the British Armed Forces during World War I. He had been interviewed by the Chaplain-General in April, 1917 who described him as ‘Nervous, slight stutter, charming fellow’ and noted his experience ‘In charge of slum church for tenement people; charge of workhouse 2 years; Hospital (Cottage) 9 months’. Impressed, the Chaplain-General sent him to Eastern Command for a year and then to France. Unfortunately, Hopkins’ health broke down, and he spent weeks in hospital with several problems including pharyngitis and influenza. He was, however, fit to transfer to the RAF in 1918, and was demobilised the following year.
The Very. Rev William Arthur MacLeod, MA was an eminent Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th century.
He was born in Duns in 1867 and educated at Loretto School and Selwyn College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1892 and was initially a Curate at Christ Church, Greenwich. He then held similar posts at Addington and Godalming. He was British Chaplain in St Petersburg from 1900 to 1908 and then Vicar of All Saints, South Acton until 1919. He was Vicar of Wakefield from 1919 until his death; and when that church became a cathedral, its first Provost.
This article is about the Welsh priest. For the interior designer and television personality see Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
The Very Rev Agnew Walter Giles Giffard MA was an eminent Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th century.
The Ven. Philip Bertram Davies was the Archdeacon of St Albans in the Church of England from 1987 until 1998.
Philip Henry Cecil was the Dean of Belize from 1948 to 1951.
John Pares Craine was the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Indianapolis in The Episcopal Church, serving from 1959 until his death on Christmas Eve in 1977, shortly before his scheduled retirement. He supported the ordination of women.
The Very Rev Peter Philip Brodie DD was a Church of Scotland minister, most notably Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 1978 to 1979.
The Very. Rev Simon Charles Cowling has been Dean of Wakefield since 2018.
