John Wakeford [SEP] date of death
John Wakeford
The Reverend John Wakeford (died 13 February 1930) was a Church of England clergyman who was convicted of adultery and deprived of his post as Archdeacon of Stow in a celebrated court case in 1921.
Church career.
Wakeford was the son of an employee of Plymouth dockyard. He took holy orders in 1884 at Exeter, and subsequently obtained a Bachelor of Divinity degree at the University of Durham. He served as Vicar of St Margaret's, Anfield, Liverpool from 1893; this appointment was at first
Wakeford
Wakeford is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Edward Wakeford (1894–1916), English geometrist
- Jim Wakeford (born 1944), well-known medical marijuana advocate based in Toronto, Canada
- John Wakeford (died 1930), Church of England clergyman convicted of adultery and deprived of his post in 1921
- Kent L. Wakeford (born 1928), American cinematographer, co-founder of two commercial production companies
- Richard Gordon Wakeford KCB OBE LVO AFC (1922–2007