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Failes, Watson; son of James Failes, Edmonton, Middlesex, dairyman, afterwards farmer at Welney, Norfolk, and his cousin Elizabeth, dau. of Watson Failes, Tilney, Norfolk, farmer ; b. Edmonton, Middlesex 19 Oct 1847 ; ed Alford Sch., Lincs., and Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 8 Oct 1866, matr.Mich.1867, scholar 1870 ; BA and 19th Wrangler 1871 ; MA 1874 ; ordained deacon 1874, priest 1875 (Worcester) ; Assistant Master, Bromsgrove Sch. 1874-5, Dulwich Coll. 1875-6 ; Assistant Master (Mathematics) Jan 1877 – Apr 1907 ; House Master of Ashburnham Apr 1893 – Apr 1894, Rigaud’s (1 Little Dean’s Yard) May 1894 – Apr 1907 ; Vicar of Willoughby, Warwickshire 1907-13 ; Vicar of Ashbury, Berks., from 1913 ; m. 9 Sep 1876 Elizabeth Caroline, dau. of Christopher Failes, Fitton Hall, Norfolk, farmer ; d. 3 Feb 1920. Father of Harold Watson Failes, Frank Christopher Failes and Bernard James Failes (qvv, Record vol.III).
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.