Education
Born in Staffordshire he was educated at King Edward VI School, Stafford and Street John"s College, Oxford before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Street George"s, Hanover Square.
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Alfred Averill
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Emigrating to New Zealand in 1894 he was successively Vicar of Street Michael’s and All Angels in Christchurch and Archdeacon of Akaroa before elevation to the See of Waiapu in 1910. Translated to Auckland four years later he was further promoted to be Archbishop of New Zealand in 1925. In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Meda
He later became a prominent medical administrator and community leader in Christchurch.
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Religion
Anglican