Background
BESLEY, Walter Philip was born on February 10, 1870 in Barnstaple, February 10. Son of Henry Thomas and Lucy Jessie Bekіey.
BESLEY, Walter Philip was born on February 10, 1870 in Barnstaple, February 10. Son of Henry Thomas and Lucy Jessie Bekіey.
Studied at King’s College Choir School, Cambridge. Blundell’s School; King’s College, Cambridge. (Open Classical Scholar).
Master of Arts.
Assistant Master, Collegiate School, Wanganui, New Zeabnd, 1892-1893. Heretaunga School, Hastings, New Zealand, 1891. Choral Sch dar, King's College, Cambridge, 1895-1897.
Bachelor of Arts (1st Div. 2nd class Classical Tripos), 1895. Master of Arts, 1900: Deacon, 101 1897.
Priest, 1898; Domestic Chaplain to Bishop of Itipon, 1897-1898. Chaplain to Hospital of bt. John Baptist, Ripon, 1897-1898. Minor Canon since 1898, Librarian since 1903, and Junior Cardinal since 1909, of St. Paul’s Cathedral.
Golf, tennis, swimming, etc.