Question: Edward Elwes, was educated at Eton and University College, Oxford, and was ordained in what year, and was Curate of Ashington, Somerset and then Norton St Philip, after a further curacy at Dinder he became Vicar of Over Stowey, a vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand")?

Context articles: Goodwin Hudson
Vicar
Folliott Sandford (priest)
William Stephens (Dean of Winchester)
Geoffrey Lunt
John Sinker
Alfred Page (priest)
Clement Ricketts
Gay Mandeville
Edward Elwes

He studied at the London College of Divinity and was ordained in 1941.
 He began his career as a Curate at St Paul, Chatham after which he became Vicar of Good Easter.
 From 1945 to 1948 he was Headmaster at Windsor School, Santiago and then the incumbent at St James, Holloway until 1955.
 After a similar post at Woodford Wells he was consecrated to serve the Sydney diocese as coadjutor bishop on 25 March 1960.
 After four years based in Point Piper, New South Wales he returned to England and became Vicar of St Paul’s, Portman Square.
A vicar ( ; Latin: "vicarius") is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand").
 Linguistically, "vicar" is cognate with the English prefix "vice", similarly meaning "deputy".
 The title appears in a number of Christian ecclesiastical contexts, but also as an administrative title, or title modifier, in the Roman Empire.
 In addition, in the Holy Roman Empire a local representative of the emperor, perhaps an archduke, might be styled "vicar".
He was born into an ecclesiastical family and educated at Sheffield Collegiate School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
 He was ordained in 1884 and his first post was as a Curate at Sheffield Parish Church.
 In 1888 he married Rosamond Mary Blakelock and also became Rector of Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York.
 He became Vicar of St Andrew’s Sharrow in 1893; and Vicar and Rural Dean of Huddersfield in 1903.
 He was Chaplain to the 2nd Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment; from 1903 to 1905; Chaplain to the Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons from 1905 onwards He was Vicar of Doncaster from 1905 to 1928; Rural Dean of Doncaster from 1910 to 1919; Prebendary of Dunnington in York Minster from 1909 to 1914; Archdeacon of Doncaster from 1913 to 1941 and Chaplain to the Corporation of Doncaster during the same period; and an Honorary Canon of Sheffield Cathedral from 1914.
The Very Reverend William Richard Wood Stephens DD, FSA was Dean of Winchester in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
<br> He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford and graduated in 1862.
 Ordained in 1865, he began his career with a curacy in Staines.
 In 1866 he became the curate of Purley, Berkshire.
 On 31 August 1869 he married Charlotte Jane Hook, the youngest daughter of Walter Farquhar Hook, the dean of Chichester.
 On the recommendation of the dean of Chichester in 1870, he became Vicar of Mid Lavant, a Lecturer at Chichester Theological College and Rector of Woolbeding Then in 1895 he was elevated to the Deanery at Winchester, a post he held until his death.
Born into an ecclesiastical family and educated at Sherborne and Exeter College, Oxford he was ordained in 1909.
 His first post was as Curate at Christ Church, Clifton, Bristol, after which he was Secretary of the CMS for Public Schools and Young People’s Work then Vicar of St Paul’s, Bedminster.
 A Chaplain to the Forces in France during World War ILondon Gazette he was awarded the Military Cross in the 1918 Birthday Honours.
 When peace returned he became Vicar of All Saints, Northampton then Archdeacon of Egypt.
 From 1928 he was Vicar of St Mary’s, Portsea, Portsmouth, the largest parish of the city.
 before his appointment to the episcopate as Bishop of Ripon.
 He was translated to Salisbury in 1946 and died in post two years later.
John Sinker was born into an ecclesiastical family, the fifth son of the Reverend Robert Sinker, DD.
 Educated at Cambridge University, he was ordained in 1898.
 He was Curate of Raughtonhead with Gatesgill and then Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Carlisle.
 In 1905 he became Vicar of Burneside and in 1910 of St. George’s, Preston.
 From 1915 to 1922 he was Rural Dean of the Fylde.
 In 1922 he became Vicar of Blackburn and in 1931 its first Provost.
 He died in post.
 His son was the Rev John Blamire Sinker, MA
He was educated at Bungay Grammar School, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.
 He was ordained in 1936 After a curacy at Wortley-de-Leeds he was Priest in charge at Quarry Hill.
 In 1944 he became Vicar of St Mark, Woodhouse.
 In 1955 he became the Incumbent at Rothwell.
 He was Rural Dean of Whitkirk until his appointment as Archdeacon.
 He was also Vicar of Arthington from 1969 to 1973.
Ricketts was the son of the Rev. Richard Ernest Ricketts, sometime Vicar of Crambe, North Yorkshire and his wife Mabel Rose Williams.
 He was educated at The King's School, Canterbury and Keble College, Oxford.
 After ordination he became a curate at Sarum St Martin until 1912 when he became Chaplain of Bishop's College, Cheshunt.
 In 1914 he went to Ceylon, where he was Vicar of All Angels Colombo until 1923.
 On his return he was Diocesan and Domestic Chaplain to his father-in-law Rodney Eden.
 He became vicar of Holy Trinity, Weymouth in 1924 and was Rural Dean of Weymouth until 1927.
 From 1937 to 1945 he was Canon Residentiary and Missionary of Gloucester Cathedral.
 He became Bishop of Dunwich in June 1945 and during his nine years of Episcopate he held the livings of Badingham and Dennington.
 In retirement from 1955 to 1961, he lived at Madehurst where he served as curate-in-charge.
 He died at the age of 81.
He was educated at Harrison College and Codrington College, Barbados.
 After graduation, he was ordained in 1918 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St George, St Kitts followed by the post of Rector of Saba in what was then the "Dutch West Indies" and is now Netherlands Antilles.
 He then returned to his home country where he was successively Vicar of "St Bartholomew" then "St Stephen"; Rector of "St Philip" (1943–1950), Vicar General (1948–1951) and Dean (1950–1951) and finally Bishop of Barbados.
He was born on 8 October and educated at Eton and University College, Oxford.
 He was ordained in 1873 and was Curate of Ashington, Somerset and then Norton St Philip.
 He was then Chaplain and Vice Principal of Wells Theological College.
 After a further curacy at Dinder he became Vicar of Over Stowey.
 He was Rector of Woolbeding from 1895 until 1923 and Rural Dean of the surrounding area from 1896.
 He was Archdeacon of Chichester from 1903 to 1914 and Chancellor of Chichester Cathedral from then until his death on 30 May 1930.