He was born in Shropshire on 20 March 1914, the son of the French singer Louise Bourdin. His mother had married a composer, William Clinton-Baddeley, in 1896, with whom she had a number of children, including the actresses Angela and Hermione Baddeley.[1] By 1914 Clinton-Baddeley had left, and Bourdin had taken in lodgers. It was to one of these, known only as 'Uncle Pye', that William Bye Baddeley was born.[1] The young William was given away to a family in Fulham,[1] where his birth was registered.[2] Unlike his half-sisters, who were educated privately, Baddeley was educated at a local school.[1] He drifted into the orbit of the Rev Cyril Easthaugh at St John the Divine, Kennington. [1] Eastaugh arranged for Baddeley to attend a crammer at Tatterford, Norfolk, run by the Rev William Hand (whose son David would become the first Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea).[1]
He was also active in Australian civic life when he was in Brisbane, being active in the arts as President of the Brisbane Repertory Theatre (1961–64) and Director of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust (1963–67), and making television and other media appearances to which "the Australian public responded, as had his English audiences, to his joie de vivre"; as Sir James Killen recalled, "There was nothing sedating about his sermons."[1]
bill, baddeley, william, baddeley, march, 1914, 1998, anglican, priest, dean, brisbane, from, 1958, 1967, christianity, portal, contents, early, life, clerical, career, personal, life, referencesearly, life, edithe, born, shropshire, march, 1914, french, singe. William Pye Baddeley 20 March 1914 31 May 1998 was an Anglican priest who was the Dean of Brisbane from 1958 to 1967 Christianity portal Contents 1 Early life 2 Clerical career 3 Personal life 4 ReferencesEarly life editHe was born in Shropshire on 20 March 1914 the son of the French singer Louise Bourdin His mother had married a composer William Clinton Baddeley in 1896 with whom she had a number of children including the actresses Angela and Hermione Baddeley 1 By 1914 Clinton Baddeley had left and Bourdin had taken in lodgers It was to one of these known only as Uncle Pye that William Bye Baddeley was born 1 The young William was given away to a family in Fulham 1 where his birth was registered 2 Unlike his half sisters who were educated privately Baddeley was educated at a local school 1 He drifted into the orbit of the Rev Cyril Easthaugh at St John the Divine Kennington 1 Eastaugh arranged for Baddeley to attend a crammer at Tatterford Norfolk run by the Rev William Hand whose son David would become the first Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea 1 Clerical career editFrom Tatterford he went on to St Chad s College Durham and trained for ordination at Cuddesdon Oxford 1 3 He was ordained deacon in 1941 and priest in 1942 and served curacies at St Luke s Camberwell 1941 1944 St Anne s Church Wandsworth 1944 1946 and St Stephen s Church Bournemouth 1946 1949 4 He was then appointed Vicar of St Pancras 1949 58 for whose restoration he is credited with having raised 60 000 worth 1 5m as of 2019 adjusting for inflation 5 During that time he was also Chaplain to the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital 1949 1958 and St Luke s Hospital for the Clergy 1952 1954 6 4 In 1958 he was appointed Dean of Brisbane Upon his return to England he was Rector of St James s Piccadilly from 1967 to 1980 during which period restoration of Sir Christopher Wren s spire was completed after bombing in the war 1 He was Chaplain to the Royal Academy of Arts 1968 80 Chairman of the Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children 1968 92 and a Life Governor of the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children from 1955 1 He was also active in Australian civic life when he was in Brisbane being active in the arts as President of the Brisbane Repertory Theatre 1961 64 and Director of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust 1963 67 and making television and other media appearances to which the Australian public responded as had his English audiences to his joie de vivre as Sir James Killen recalled There was nothing sedating about his sermons 1 Personal life editHe died on 31 May 1998 7 He was survived by his wife Shirley nee Wyatt who was daughter of Lt Col Ernest Wyatt CBE DSO 8 3 a niece of Field Marshal Sir Claud Jacob first cousin of Lt Gen Sir Ian Jacob and a direct descendant of both Robert Caldwell and twice appointed Apothecary to the Household John Nussey who was master of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London 9 They had one daughter References edit a b c d e f g h i j Obituary The Very Rev William Baddeley The Independent 10 June 1998 Fulham Registry Office June 1914 quarter Vol 1a page 575 a b BADDELEY Very Rev William Pye Who Was Who A amp C Black 1920 2008 online edn Oxford University Press Dec 2007 accessed 21 Aug 2012 a b Crockford s Clerical Directory The Very Revd William Pye Baddeley Retrieved 23 March 2022 Inflation calculator www bankofengland co uk Project Canterbury Cable Clerical Index Archived from the original on 22 May 2022 Retrieved 23 March 2022 Person Page thepeerage com Page 4914 Issue 33298 29 July 1927 London Gazette the Gazette AIM25 collection description Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bill Baddeley amp oldid 1179593516, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
