William Bree
William Bree was Archdeacon of Coventry from 1887 until 1908.
The son of The Rev William Thomas Bree, MA, Rector of Allesley he was educated at Bridgnorth [Endowed School] and Merton [College, Oxford]. He was ordained in 1848, and was curate at Polebrook until 1863, when he succeeded his father at Allesley. He married firstly, in 1853, Mary Duke; and, secondly, Sophy Adèle Biggs. His great nephew, the actor James Bree, was patron of the benefice until his death in 2008.