Carlyle Witton-Davies


Carlyle Witton-Davies was an Anglican priest and scholar.
He was born the son of T. Witton-Davies, Professor of Hebrew at the University College of North Wales, Bangor and educated at Friars School, Bangor; University College of North Wales, Bangor; Exeter College, Oxford;and Ripon College Cuddesdon.
He was ordained in 1938 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Buckley. From 1940 to 1944 he was Subwarden of St. Michael's College, Llandaff. From then until 1949 he was a Canon Residentiary at St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem. In that year he became Dean and Precentor of St David's. His last senior post was as Archdeacon of Oxford.