Background
OLDFIELD, William John was born in 1857. Son of David Oldfield of Stockport.
OLDFIELD, William John was born in 1857. Son of David Oldfield of Stockport.
Studied at Newport (Shropshire) Grammar School. Christ Church, Oxford (Careswell Scholar). Graduated in Theology, 1879.
Ordained by Bishop Jacobson of Chester, 1880. Went out to British Honduras, 1881. Commissary to the Bishop of Jamaica, and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of British Honduras, 1883.
Returned home, 1886; Principal of St. Paul’s Missionary College, Burgh, 1890-1896. Collated to the prebendal stall of St. Mary, Creekpool, in Lincoln Minster, 1894. Rector of Hag worthing ham, with Lusby and Asgarby, 1896-1900. D.D, Oxfordshire.; Canon of Lincoln.
Spouse 1884, Jane Frances, daughter of William Brockell, London merchant.