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William Lang Paige Cox was Archdeacon of Chesterfrom 1914until his death in 1934.
Born on 6 September 1855 he was educated at King William's College in the Isle of Man and Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained Deaconin 1878; and Priest in 1879. After a curacy in Teynham he was Vicar ofRock Ferryfrom1882 to 1904. He marriedEdith Margaret Charley on 6 May 1884. He was Rural Dean of Birkenhead from 1895 to 1901; Chester Diocesan Lecturer in Divinity for 1907; Vicar of Alderley Edge from 1904 to 1913; then Hoylake from 1913 to 1917; Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Chester from1914; an Honorary Canon of Chester Cathedral from 1904 to 1914 (he was a Residentiary Canon from 1917); and Select Preacher at Cambridge in 1927.
A published authorhe died on14 March 1934.