Background
Wedderspoon was born on 3 April 1931 in Glasgow, Scotland. His father was a Church of Scotland minister.
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He was educated at Westminster School, then an all-boys public school in London.
Career
He was Dean of Guildford from 1987 to 2001. After his military service, he went on to study at Jesus College, Oxford. Military service
Wedderspoon undertook National Service as a commissioned officer in the British Army.
He was commissioned on 1 April 1950 as a second lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
On 16 December 1951, he was granted the acting rank of lieutenant. He relinquished his commission, therefore ending his liability for call up, on 1 February 1962.
Wedderspoon was ordained in 1961. He was then a curate in Kingston upon Thames, a lecturer in religious education at the University of London, priest in charge of Street Margaret"s, Westminster and then a canon residentiary at Winchester Cathedral before his appointment at Guildford Cathedral, a position he held for 14 years.
He died on 10 June 2014.
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