Alexander Wallace (priest)

Alexander Ross Wallace (27 September 1891 – 26 August 1982)^[1] was an English priest, colonial administrator, and author.^[2] He was the Dean of Exeter in the Church of England from 1950 to 1960.^[3]

Wallace was educated at Clifton and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He entered the Indian Civil Service in 1914^[4] and when World War I came joined the 17th Cavalry. In 1922 he became a schoolmaster at Wellington College, Berkshire. From 1925 to 1930, he was Headmaster at Cargilfield School, Edinburgh . Further headships followed at Blundell's (1930–1933) and Sherborne (1934–1950) before his ordination in 1939. He was a Canon Residentiary at Salisbury Cathedral from 1942 to 1950^[5] when he became Dean of Exeter Cathedral.^[6] He retired to Lyme Regis, Dorset.

References

1. "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
2. Amongst others he wrote The Three Pillars, 1940; Conversation about Christianity, 1946; Christian Focus, 1956 > British Library web site accessed 16:18 GMT Tuesday 12 October 2010
3. Projects Exeter
4. National Archives
5. Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
6. New Dean of Exeter The Times Wednesday, 19 July 1950; p. 4; Issue 51747; col D

Church of England titles
Preceded by Spencer Cecil Carpenter	Dean of Exeter 1950– 1960	Succeeded by Marcus Knight